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May 03, 2007
The French presidential election
It is between two French baby boomers, Ms. Ségolène Royal and Nicolas Sarkozy. It is interesting, fun, testy and embarrassingly American in style, beginning to resemble the Hells Angels Labor Day Picnic. And yet it is still very French. The biggest issue in the campaign is the controversial French 35-hour work week. She wants to keep it; he hates it. See The Times of London's article "Sparks Fly As Royal And Sarkozy Fight It Out" about last night's televised debate, which leads off like wrestling reportage:
Sparks flew as Ségolène Royal and Nicolas Sarkozy tonight launched into their two-hour face-off on French television in front of an audience of around 20 million.
Facing each other six feet apart at a square white table the finalists for the French presidency made their opening attacks with Royal notably more aggressive in her initial stance.
Posted by Holden Oliver (Kitzbühel Desk) at 01:57 PM | Comments (0)
Subpoena for "lost Rove e-mails" served on AG Gonzalez
There's a copy of it here, via beSpacific, if you scroll down a little. This features a lawyer-politician with an arguably high-end client, the U.S Congress. Sen. Leahy (D-Vermont) requested the Rove e-mails at the Judiciary Committee’s oversight hearings on the U.S. Attorney firings (for alleged job performance problems) with Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez on April 19, 2007, and again in a letter on April 25. When there was no response to either request, a subpoena for the e-mails issued from Leahy to the Justice Department on May 2.
Posted by Holden Oliver (Kitzbühel Desk) at 12:17 AM | Comments (0)