In a Le Figaro poll, 53% thought Sarkozy was more convincing compared to 31% for Royal. That's going to leave a mark! Sego had better get working hard on manufacturing a scandal. She only has a couple more days to do it.
Scandal?
The only scandals that work in France are proving that you stole money. French hate financial hanky-panky. We already know that Sarkozy has a mistress. Nobody cares. If he didn’t, considering he and his wife are estranged, everyone would wonder what was wrong with him. The French like their leader to be a chaud lapin. It shows that he is in good health and vigor, and that he likes people.
I seriously doubt that Sarkozy is involved in any economic hanky-panky. Why? Because Chirac and Villepin have hated him for a long time. If they could have destroyed him, they would have, and they had the investigative arms of the French government at their command. They investigated him thorougly, discovered his liaisons and his bad temper and his dictatorial style. And the latter two things are on public display, and nobody in France gives a damn about sexual affairs (so long as they are heterosexual)...so what does that leave them with? Nothing. There’s no scandal one can pull out on Sarkozy. He’s not corrupt in the French sense. All she and the Left can do is screech that he’s a dictator-in-waiting. That convinces the Left, and nobody else. Sarkozy is an asshole. So what? That is hardly a disqualifier in French politics. So long as what he proposes is what most French want, and they have confidence in him, he wins.
I think he wins. There is no scandal to be raised.
And le Figaro is the mouthpiece for the Socialist Party!
I figure Sarko got 1-3 point out of the debate.