Sure, but France is a sophisticated place and the usual Clintonista tactics are not likely to make much headway there.
The Clintonoid campaign operatives were the master of the game circa 1992 and 1996. The French electoral mentality is such that it might be verey persuasive in 2007.
Focus group and polling are two of the many techniques they use to frame a candidate's message.
Foretunately, as the OP pointed out,they have rarely been successful.
FWIW, they are running Hillary's campaign in 2008 with 1992 mindset and tactics.