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I'm not sure that one can really hope for a result whereby Le Pen is again in the second round (and would inevitably get a higher score than last time in the second round).

Actually, my sneaking suspicion is that Le Pen and Sarkozy will be incredibly close, but that it will tilt towards Sarkozy by the narrowest of margins in the end, with bitter accusations of fraud thrown around by the National Front. We'll see...

I am quite confident that Royal will come first, though.

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes

by Jerome a Paris (jeromeguillet@yahoo.fr) on Sat Apr 21st, 2007 at 09:16:30 AM EST
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I don't know about that. Would be fun to watch the neolib press having to hold their nose and support Royal over Le Pen. I think I would enjoy that very much!
by someone (s0me1smail(a)gmail(d)com) on Sat Apr 21st, 2007 at 09:39:41 AM EST
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Maybe they won't. They will find "evidence" that Le Pen has "moderated" his discourse and is now "acceptable", like Gianfranco Fini, Joerg Haider, Pia Kjaersgaard or the Kaczinsky twins.

"It's the statue, man, The Statue."
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sat Apr 21st, 2007 at 10:57:15 AM EST
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Even better! Let the slimy bastards show everyone who they really are. Let them get out there and state that the xenophobic right is better than the left. Who will really buy the "moderation" line? My bet is not enough to get Le Pen the win...
by someone (s0me1smail(a)gmail(d)com) on Sat Apr 21st, 2007 at 12:10:21 PM EST
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Your comments are giving me flashbacks to 2004.

you are the media you consume.

by MillMan (millguy at gmail) on Sat Apr 21st, 2007 at 02:05:25 PM EST
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