Quick blogs, 1 of 2

Wouldn't it be interesting if France had a woman President? Perhaps the smart money should go on them following the lead of Chile and Germany in electing the socialist Segolene Royal to succeed Jacques Chirac. Or perhaps it's just too much to hope for that the French parti socialiste will overcome its internal divisions and bickering to settle upon one candidate that all can unite around, so that we could end up with a rerun of the farce of last time. In the run-off the French voters were left with the choice between the man with an untarnished reputation for dodginess and the fascist. Oh what a choice!