Sarkozy Looks Headed for Defeat

French President Nicolas Sarkozy “is in deep trouble and is looking, for now, as if he could be the first one-term French president since 1981,” the New York Times reports.

“He appears to be running neck and neck with his main challenger, the Socialist candidate François Hollande, in the first round of voting on Sunday, when 10 candidates are competing. But all the opinion polls show Mr. Sarkozy losing to Mr. Hollande in a face-off two weeks later.”