[lbo-talk] French elections

[Wojtek S]

RE: "With the Socialists holding the Senate (with the Greens), the
Presidency and soon the National Assembly, and with Mélenchon's Left
Front pushing on the left side, we're hopefully going to see some
interesting things in France in the coming months."

[WS:]  I just spent a week in southern France and it appears to be a
common view of the people I met.  LePen's supporters are seen mainly
as "protest votes" or "none of the above" who will for the most part
stay home in the runoff.

While we are at this, I think this logic also applies to Santorum's
and Paul's supporters here, so Obama has a much better chance in
November than Romney.

Wojtek

"Modern conservatism is just a neoliberal gloss on medieval domination."