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According to France 24; they will be providing a live feed of the debate in French, English and Arabic.

If Royal comes across as clear headed, intelligent and commanding; she has a very good chance of winning the election as at least 25% of the voters are undecided, should be a huge turnout with the election so close, and her discussion with Bayrou will help her in addition to LePen asking his voters to abstain.

I am not sure I trust any polling coming out of the major polling orgs because you dont know whether their polling is unbiased.

by An American in London on Wed May 2nd, 2007 at 07:44:42 AM EST
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Well, the numbers before the first round (insert shameless diary plug here) were a mixed bag (underestimated Sarkozy, overestimated Le Pen, in the neighborhood for Royal and Bayrou), so one should take the polls with a grain or two of salt, of course.

"The basis of optimism is sheer terror" - Oscar Wilde
by NordicStorm (michael<-at->sturmbaum.net) on Wed May 2nd, 2007 at 08:14:28 AM EST
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Unfortunately that assumes that the 25% of undecideds will either watch the debate or read about the aftermath.

It also ignores media support for Sarkozy. Even if Royal wipes the floor with him you can expect some put-downs and spin from the right wing press.

It's not over yet, but it looks a bit too rabbit and hat for comfort at the moment.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Wed May 2nd, 2007 at 08:31:24 AM EST
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