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Martin Arnold / Financial Times:
Defeated Socialists search for scapegoats — Let the finger-pointing begin. Ségolène Royal's defeat on Sunday night left the French Socialist party in disarray and searching for someone to blame. There is hardly a shortage of scapegoats. — It is the party's third consecutive presidential defeat.
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Craig S. Smith / New York Times:
Sarkozy Wins the Chance to Prove His Critics Wrong — Arrogant, brutal, an authoritarian demagogue, a "perfect Iago": the president-elect of France has been called a lot of unpleasant things in recent months and now has five years to prove his critics wrong.
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Angelique Chrisafis / Guardian:
Cheering crowds hail Sarkozy's triumph — Nicolas Sarkozy was last night handed a mandate to change France after a massive turnout in one of the most divisive presidential election campaigns in the country's history. — As rioting broke out at Bastille, on the other side of central Paris …
New York Times:
French Voters Pick Sarkozy to Be President; Turnout High — Nicolas Sarkozy, an immigrant's son who had the French presidency in his sights for three decades, won a decisive victory in the election on Sunday, keeping the right in power for the next five years.
CNN:
Sarkozy wins French presidency … PARIS, France (CNN) — Conservative Nicolas Sarkozy greeted news of his election Sunday to a five-year term as France's president with a vow to serve as a leader for all people of France. — "The president of the republic must love and respect all the French …
Washington Post:
Sarkozy Wins, Vows to Restore Pride in France — Nicolas Sarkozy, the combative son of a Hungarian immigrant, was elected president of France on Sunday, promising a new generation of leadership to transform the country, restore its self-respect and reinvigorate ties with the United States and Europe.
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Friendship Fries — The new name for French Fries — Remember "Freedom Fries"? — When France refused to participate in the war against Saddam Hussein in 2003, many Americans were angry with the French, and showed their displeasure by renaming French Fries as "Freedom Fries."
Paul Mirengoff / News Bloggers Blog:
A change for the better in old Europe — France has never had a leader who believes in free markets. Instead, French politics have been dominated either by Socialists or statists from the more conservative Gaullist party. This helps explain why France's economy has been comparatively stagnant …
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Charles Bremner / Times of London:There'll be a new, hands-on style of presidency . . . and a fair bit of pain
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Roger Cohen / International Herald Tribune:Sarkozy pledges strong break with the past
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Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:SARKOZY WINS: Substantial margin, huge turnout. — UPDATE: More here:
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:Is It Sarkozy? (Update: Yes, It Is)
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Joel Garreau / Washington Post:
Bots on The Ground — In the Field of Battle (Or Even Above It), Robots Are a Soldier's Best Friend — The most effective way to find and destroy a land mine is to step on it. — This has bad results, of course, if you're a human. But not so much if you're a robot and have as many legs …
Perry Bacon Jr / Washington Post:
Romney Reaches to the Christian Right — In a Conservative Crowd, Candidate Talks About Marriage, Child-Rearing — Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney (R) did not discuss his Mormon faith as he continued his outreach Saturday to conservative Christians in a graduation speech at Regent University …
Michael Portillo / Times of London:
Having large families 'is an eco-crime' — HAVING large families should be frowned upon as an environmental misdemeanour in the same way as frequent long-haul flights, driving a 4x4 car and failing to reuse plastic bags, according to a report to be published tomorrow by a green think tank.
MySanAntonio.com:
Bob Richter: Gore sure didn't want coverage, but here's why he's getting it — Al Gore's speech Saturday at the American Institute of Architects convention was closed to the media, but you can read about it in today's Express-News on Page 1B. How we cracked the former vice president's iron curtain …
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Chris Wallace / Fox News:
Transcript House Minority Leader John Boehner of 'FNS' — WASHINGTON — The following is a partial transcript of the May 6, 2007, edition of "FOX News Sunday With Chris Wallace": — "FOX NEWS SUNDAY" HOST CHRIS WALLACE: Joining us now, the top Republican in the House, Minority Leader John Boehner.
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Congress considers broadening Justice Department inquiry — WASHINGTON - Congressional investigators are beginning to focus on accusations that a top civil rights official at the Justice Department illegally hired lawyers based on their political affiliations, especially for sensitive voting rights jobs.
Kevin Drum / Political Animal:
IRAQ ROUNDUP....The annual report of the Pentagon's Mental Health Advisory Team for the Iraq War found, among other things, that the length and duration of tours of duty in Iraq were starting to cause serious problems: … Suicides are up, marital conflicts are up, and 10% of soldiers …
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Joe Noory / ¡No Pasarán!:
Les Manifs: Limited in Scale, but Indicative — DSK: "This was lost in the first round. We have never been so feeble." He goes on to say that the Socialists didn't make the effort to adapt to new social outlook which he urged, almost a form of the "3rd way" which swept the US under Clinton …
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