Disappointment at the Polls
After a heated four-way campaign for the French presidency that was on its way to up-ending the political landscape, the French seem to have gone back to what they know – the socialists and the UMP.
This is certainly a shift in the stance the election was tending towards. For the first time, the French looked to putting a centrist candidate, Bayrou, on the ballot. The xenophobic canidade, Le Pen, has never really been a contender (the previous election, where he made the second round, aside). But whatever happens now, the French will have to choose between the status-quo (Sarkozy) and the perpetual alternative to the status quo (Royal).
C’est la vie.
