French leftists lurching right to support Sarkozy

Wow. Knock me over with a feather. Maybe the never ending nightly Car-B-Q's finally woke the morons up? Could it really be possible that the French, who were the most fucked up and in denial of all the euros, are really going to turn it around?

WaPo

One by one, several French writers and intellectuals are making the startling confessions. After decades as committed leftists, they are defecting to the right _ many saying they've lost faith in Socialist presidential candidate Segolene Royal.

With just 10 weeks to go until the election's first round, Royal still has no platform. She has made gaffes on international affairs, and her popularity with intellectuals and ordinary voters alike has slipped, leaving conservative candidate Nicolas Sarkozy at the top of the polls.[...]