MARINE LE PEN GETS 20% - BREAKS FATHER'S RECORD POLLING IN 2002 - SARKO COULD WIN THE NEXT ROUND!

LE PEN DID GRRRRRREAT!:

Far-rightist Marine Le Pen threw France's presidential race wide open on Sunday by scoring nearly 20 percent in the first round - votes that may determine a runoff between Socialist favorite Francois Hollande and conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy.

Hollande led Sarkozy by about 28.5 percent to 26 percent in reliable computer projections broadcast with one-third of ballots counted, meaning the two will meet in a head-to-head decider on May 6 that may be closer than had been expected.

But Le Pen's record score of 19.6 percent was the sensation of the night, beating her father's 2002 result and outpolling hard leftist Jean-Luc Melenchon in fourth place on 11 percent. Centrist Francois Bayrou finished fifth on less than 9 percent.

IF SARKOZY HAS BALLS, THEN HE'LL MAKE AN OPEN PACT WITH MARINE LE PEN AND PROMISE HER A KEY POST AND RUN AS THE COALITION THAT CAN SAVE FRANCE FROM SOCIALISM AND ISLAMIZATION.

THE TWIT HOLLANDE IS SPEAKING NOW (I'M WATCHING THE BBC):

RIGHT AFTER ATTACKING LE PEN, HE ASSERT HE'S THE ONLY CANDIDATE WHO CAN UNITE FRANCE.

WHAT AN IDIOTIC TURD.

NOW: BECAUSE OF LE PEN, SARKOZY COULD WIN THE RUN-OFF:

FROM BBC COMMENTS:

John Hancock in France emails "This is not over as the votes for Le Pen and Melenchon are the reverse of expectation. The majority of Marine Le Pen supporters will switch to Sarkozy, whilst all the Melenchon voters will switch to Hollande."The big question is what will the Bayrou voters do. These voters tend to be right-of-centre, economically aware voters and they will be very nervous about the risks associated with the Socialists reversing the necessary, but extremely unpopular, cuts in the social service costs."

LE PEN'S GREAT RESULT MAY HAVE JUST SAVED FRANCE AND EUROPE!


UPDATE: 


IT NOW LOOKS LIKE SARKO MIGHT ONLY TRAIL HOLLANDE BY LESS THAN 1%! 


THIS MEANS HE COULD VERY WELL WIN THE SECOND ROUND. 


THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE: CHIRAC LOST THE FIRST ROUND BUT WON THE SECOND AGAINST JOSPIN - IN 1995.


UPDATE #2: GREAT ROUND-UP HERE.


UPDATE#3: IT LOOKS LIKE THE RIGHT OUT-POLLED THE LEFT:


BETWEEN THE PINKOS AND THE REDS AND THE GREENS THE LEFT GOT 42% AND THE RIGHT - COUNTING SARKO AND LE PEN AND BAYROU - GOT 54%.

Update #4: Mr. Hollande led Mr. Sarkozy by 28.2 per cent to 27.0 per cent with more than four fifths of votes counted, the Interior Ministry said...

UPDATE #5:

Hollande narrowly beat the conservative Sarkozy in Sunday's 10-candidate first round by 28.6 percent to 27.1 percent, the Interior Ministry said with 99 percent of votes counted...

I think Sarko will defeat Hollande in the 2nd round.