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...within both the party and the public, who see her as stuck in an ideologically rigid era that has passed. Both women had been written off by party heavyweights as has-beens. Now, however, they find themselves facing off for the job of restoring unity and direction to the Socialist Party...
Everything else may be up in the air, but one thing is certain already: when the tally from Friday evening's voting is in, France's Socialist Party (PS) will be headed by a woman for the first time in its history. Once installed in that leadership role, however, that new patronne must find a way to repair the deep and bitter divisions that have plagued the party for more than a decade - and reverse its impotence in time to challenge conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy in the 2012 race for the Elys...
...That suggests an Aubry victory, but the polarizing powers of both women make predicting the outcome difficult. "Because of that - and because the outcome will be close to 50-50 - I believe the eventual winner will have an extremely difficult time unifying and leading what is an extremely riven Socialist Party," says Pascal Perrineau, director of the Center for the Study of French Political Life in Paris. "The negative passions these two women generate sadly prove that hatred is not a vice associated exclusively with men. The [Socialists] will almost certainly pay dearly for that excess of emotion...
...Competent, determined and conviction-founded, Martine Aubry represents Socialist continuity and an attachment to the classic left; unpredictable, modern, telegenic, Ségolène Royal is the TV Madonna gifted with an iron will and whirring pragmatism," wrote daily Libération editor Laurent Joffrin in his Op-Ed Friday. "Martine Aubry wants to safeguard the homestead, while Ségolène Royal chases adventure," Joffrin continued, noting that in the absence of any major ideological gulf between the two reform-minded women, "there is an incontestable opposition of style...
...less than $250,000, which represents the bulk of the middle class, while raising taxes on the top 1% of wealth earners who have a disproportionate hoarding of America's wealth. Who are McCain and Palin speaking for, if not for this plutocratic top 1%? Obama is not a "socialist" just because he believes that the middle class has a right to exist and prosper. In my country, such a political understanding is hardly radical. It's just a reflection of what just and fair societies in this modern world ought to defend. Rob Evans, Willowdale, Canada...