Today is the second round of the French regional elections. Last week, the left took a decisive lead, thumping Sarkozy's UMP with, overall, 50% for the left to less than 30% for the right (the rest being made of the hard right, with the FN doing much better than expected, the hard left and a few smaller local parties). This has brought expectations that the left, which already holds 20 of France's 22 regions, could actually do a grand slam and win the last 2 (Corsica and Alsace).