The road to victory for Hollande

After the dubious support from the communists, François Hollande could quickly offset any unease over left-leaning experiments that might threaten the French after his election. His strategy to go into the May 6th vote should include to remind the National Front that their overwhelming support came from voters deeply disgruntled by Sarkozy, and that this attempt to rid France of the buffoon in the Elysée Palace can only mean to vote twice against that man.

 Also, Mr Hollande would benefit greatly from making Centrist François Bayrou his candidate for prime minister. Election arithmetic would mean that Hollande receives a share of 39% from the Left, 9% from the Centre and around 10% from the NP voters... making Hollande the winner by a margin of 58:42 - a landslide win. That easy...