Pro-American Candidate Leads in French Election

This would be Nicolas Sarkozy, who we once called France's Tiger. Story from the Washington Times:

France's volatile presidential campaign wound down yesterday
with conservative Nicolas Sarkozy still the favorite to advance to a final
runoff. But, with two in five voters hesitating about their choice, the race for
the second spot on the ballot was wide open...
Mr. Sarkozy, like German Chancellor Angela Merkel, is often
perceived as pro-American. Such a duo in charge of the governments in Paris and
Berlin would signal change from the era of Mr. Chirac and former Chancellor
Gerhard Schroeder -- who had chilly relations with Washington, mainly over the
Iraq war. France is looking for new direction. It is
down in its economic fortunes, adrift in its identity and still coping with
fallout from youth riots in poor, immigrant areas in 2005.

So, with a right leaning government in France, Germany, Canada, Australia, and so on, when will America get right again? Hopefully in the next election. I'm afraid our Democrat friends have made a grave political error in resisting the War in Iraq, and may soon reap the fallout.

From Pajamas Media comes this commentary:

Contrary to what many foreign journalists have written,
Sarkozy is perhaps the only candidate who is running on a platform instead of a
personality cult. His commitment to results is sincere and if he fails to
produce, which is quite possible, he will still deserve credit for his courage
and straight talk. He is the candidate who has most clearly defined France’s
problems and most convincingly pointed to the right path out of the sand trap
where this country has been stuck for three-decades. Of all the twelve
candidates, many of whom are irresponsible charlatans, Sarkozy is the only one
who has been smeared, spattered, and verbally slashed.
That’s why I think Sarkozy will win.