President Jacques Chirac has convinced himself that he is the only politician on the French right who can defeat the Socialist candidate, Ségolène Royal, in next year's presidential election.Although he has not yet decided whether to run for a third term, M. Chirac, who is 74 next week, believes that only a "grandfather figure" can take on and deflate the pretensions of the "mother figure", Mme Royal.
| It's a pretty good bet that ol' Jaques is mighty delusional if he thinks he can win another term ... |