Still others say her support is a measure of the disgust that French voters bring to the election this year.

At every election for the last 21 years, French voters have expelled the government of the day and replaced it with the opposition.

But, perhaps most of all, many French voters no longer think they have a clear political choice.

But when she offended French voters it was too much.

French voters traditionally vote against the party in government.

As a result, recent polls suggest that he is still feared by many French voters.

His failure to accomplish that led French voters to throw out the conservatives.

Last week, French voters gave him 26 months in which to make them happier - or face the verdict of the ballot.

So, to begin with, one French voter in three is nuts.

French voters "want and are asking for efficient politics," he said.