French Presidential Election; 2nd round thread

[Cubby]

http://www.iht.com/bin/print.php?id=5460865

Interesting story from the Int'l Herald-Tribune (a paper made for foreigners and travelers by the New York Times and the Washington Post)

Maybe Bayrou won't endorse Segolene, but it looks like he dislikes Sarkozy more. He must be focusing on the June legislative elections because his biggest flaw in Round 1 was that he didn't have any supporters in Parliament.

Its funny how Sarkozy is so outraged by Royal and Bayrou debating each other. The man has to be in the spotlight 24/7 or else he feels neglected.

I don't know what to think about the PS leaving the Commies and joining the UDF. It sounds good from an American perspective, but apparently the Communists are still technically viable if they can get over 7% of the vote. (For some reason this article doesn't consider Besancenot and Laguiller communists).

[Cubby]

I was so happy I got to part of the debate!

The first round results on 4/22 weren't even mentioned on the NBC Evening News, but they did broadcast the debate on CSPAN yesterday.

I hate Sarkozy's personality, so I will never say anything positive about him. But I didn't like some of Segolene's responses, she was too vague and that line about putting more people on unemployment benefits? What the hell? The idea is to get people jobs! Pauvre Segolene, j'adore elle.

Final Round:

Sarkozy  53
Royal      47