And then there were three
France has a two-round system for its presidential elections, and until last week, it was a given that the two candidates that would make it to the second round would be the triangulation-is-everything winner of the Socialist Party's primary, and the immigrants-are-evil winner of the UMP primary.
If having a choice between two "I'll say any dumb thing to get elected" candidates isn't your cup of tea, you're not alone. This week François Bayrou polled above 20%, the psychological barrier, and even polled above one of the two "I'll say any dumb thing to get elected" candidates. For the past two weeks, when the question was Bayrou or either one of the two, the 2nd round poll question, Bayrou comes out more than a MoE ahead of both.
The photo is a Greenpeace event, a dump of frankencorn in the street at the doors of the party HQ of Mr. immigrants-are-evil.