|
Sarkozy stays ahead after TV presidential debate
 French conservative Nicolas Sarkozy extended his lead after a television debate with Socialist rival Segolene Royal and stayed on course for victory in Sunday's election, opinion polls showed on Thursday.A poll for the Opinionway institute showed 53 percent of viewers found Sarkozy more convincing during the sometimes fiery debate, against 31 percent who judged Royal better. A separate survey by the same polling organization gave Sarkozy, who has come out on top in over 100 opinion polls since the start of the year, an eight point lead with 54 percent support, versus 46 percent for Royal. But with just over two days left until voting begins on Sunday morning, neither candidate relented. Both were back on the campaign trail on Thursday evening, with Sarkozy hammering his favorite themes of security and pride in being French. "I want to be able to talk about the nation without being called a nationalist," he told a rally in the southern city of Montpellier. "I want to be able to talk about authority without being called an authoritarian." For all our occasional divergence of interests, it would be nice see the Frenchies able to take pride in being French again. Posted by: Fred 2007-05-04 |
| http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=187512 |