France Votes

Here’s a small sign that Sarkozy is favored to win tomorrow’s French presidential election. Chris Cillizza’s “The Fix,” the Washington Post political blog which ventured a Round One prediction that Ségolène Royal would surprise the world, has retreated to its normal fixation on U.S. politics, totally and completely ignoring France's Round Two. Cillizza’d be jumping up and down if he thought Royal would win.

Maybe the media will downplay the importance of a Sarkozy win. He has strong opposition within France. But he represents a revolution in French politics, which has been accommodating the Left since student-led riots overthrew Charles de Gaulle in 1968. It’s been ages, just ages, since a French leader was pro-American, and Royal’s main line of attack against Sarko included that he is too pro-American. The French know it. Will Sarkozy win anyway?