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COMMENTS: Negative American
For the first time, a nightly newscast assigned a reporter to the presidential election in France. ABC sent David Wright (subscription required) to Paris to handicap Sunday's run-off vote between conservative Nicolas Sarkozy and socialist Segolene Royal. The opinion polls have bad news for Royal: "More than one million voters would have to change their minds" for her to win. A tactic for going negative in France is to criticize a politician for his "unabashed admiration" for the United States. Sarkozy-bashers call him "an American with a French passport." Wright quoted Sarkozy's clarification: "I will be an exacting friend of the US, an ally unafraid to speak up."
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