"Maybe if enough realize this Sarkozy will unseat Chirac."
Sarkozy will not "unseat Chirac".
Chirac will retire, and 2007 will be a contested race.
Sarkozy may square off against Villepin, but Villepin will probably beat him.
I was following your opinion on another thread.
You I assume are there, so my opinion is disadvantaged. But I have read that Villepin's popularity is slipping.
I think that Sarkozy has a natural base with those not on the left who want a hard line policy on terrorism, law and order, immigration and integration of Muslims. He also supports much broader economic reform.
Villepin is in trouble with his leftist base as demonstrated by recent strikes over unemployment and privatization. Due to the sorry state of the French economy -- sagging GDP, high unemployment, soaring taxes, he will have no choice but to reform and tick off his base.