Snatches on views of Sarkozy who was just elected President of France after leading in the polls since well before the first round. Information is drawn from the International Herald Tribune, the BBC, the Financial Times and The Telegraph but presented in disconnected snippets. As far as I can tell the information is accurate -- the message is just hard to follow.

Biased; doesn't mention whether Sarkozy will cut taxes for working people or only the ultra-rich, like the "conservatives" in the United States do.

The format doesn't lend itself to critique along the same lines as a published article would, as it is informal and more of a stream-of-consciousness approach. The article relates a perceived lack of coverage regarding the recent French elections, citing a bias against reporting conservative gains. It moves from praising Sarkozy's strengths according to the author, to musing over similarities of failed French politicking to 'grassroots' efforts to steer the congressional majority. The article has value in showing a thought process in the raw, relatively unpolished, while stringing together tidbits of related information.

As the author points out, very few in the national media covered this story of the French election in all its different facets. He makes some interesting points relative to the outcome of the election and how those conflict with much of the perceived views about the French...just think "freedom fries" versus "French fries." It looks like we can start bringing back the latter and retiring the former terms.