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...maker could be the catalysts Americans need in order to demand reform of their ailing medical care system. With an emphasis on the 47 million uninsured in the U.S., Moore not only presents a chilling assessment of the status quo but goes on to advocate for the socialist approach of Canada, France and Cuba as a more effective alternative. "We're in a battle with these corporations who want to maintain their position," Moore said recently. "They don't want to give an inch on this, and we're out to upset the apple cart...
...asked François Hollande to leave our home to pursue his love interest--which is now laid bare in books and newspapers--on his own.' SEGOLÈNE ROYALE, the defeated French presidential candidate, about her separation from her partner, the Socialist Party leader. She discusses the breakup in a book to be released on June...
...their electoral sweep of power Sunday night with a a decisive victory in second round legislative polling but fell significantly short of the "tsunami" that had been expected to lift President Nicolas Sarkozy and his Union for a Popular Majority (UMP) a to a record majority in parliament. The Socialist Party (PS) blunted Sarkozy's expected tidal wave victory with a better than expected showing. Still, with conservatives dominating the presidency, legislature and government - and given Sarkozy's promise to swiftly push through sweeping reform - there's little doubt French society will soon will be prodded to a depth...
Meanwhile, in spite of the relative good news on Sunday, the Socialist implosion became personal. The party's presidential candidate, S?gol?ne Royal announced her separation from her long-time life partner, PS leader Fran?ois Hollande. Their relationship had reportedly been rocky in Royal's loss to Sarkozy - members of her campaign team placed much of the blame for her defeat on Hollande. Royal said she would seek to win leadership of the party from the father of her children...
...gloves-off campaigning style of the conservatives seems to be working. Leading Socialist candidates are already talking more about how they'll regroup and reform their party in opposition than about the possibility of victory. And the shrill tone of the UMP campaigning also appears designed to counter any tendency to not bother to vote this time among Sarkozy supporters lulled by his commanding victory in the Presidential race. Although projections indicate France won't equal the stunning 84% participation rate in the Presidential poll, abstention should drop below the 30% barrier for the first time in a legislative election...