Jealousy

<--While we are on the subject, I am very jealous of those giant timers they have in front of them. I want those in American debates as well!

So I didn't blog about the first round of the French election. Nobody won, and auite frankly I don't really care that much about French politics. But something about their election did strike me: they had 85% turnout. 85%! Eighty-Five percent! Hell, we are lucky if we get half of the electorate to turn out.

Now, the BBC is reporting that half of the electorate watched the latest Presidential debate. This is absurd. Not only do they have absurdly high turnout, but the majority of those voters are actually informed?

And the real kicker is that it seems the French aren't even that excited by the two candiates.