[zeestephen]

Re: “Sarkozy lost because.....he lacked the courage to make the harsh but necessary reforms to set France right.”

Wrong.

Sarkozy lost because France is a democracy.

Sarkozy lost because the moderate Socialists were outvoted by the hard line Socialists.

America will have the same election in 6 months.

And, quite possibly, the same outcome.

[MikeSteelBe]

“Sarkozy lost because the moderate Socialists were outvoted by the hard line Socialists.”

A socialist is a patient communist.

A moderate socialist has more patience than a hard line socialist.

They all get you there, sooner or later.