Last night, I had the distinct pleasure of listening to Michael Savage on my ride home from work (I’m pointing to his site even though he has a garish design - I figured somebody should let him know). In any case, he was talking about France’s president-elect Nicolas Sarkozy and what this means for the world. He views this as a big win for the Right. Let’s face it, France is a socialist society where capitalist companies fear to tread. I remember hearing horror stories of the impossibility of doing business, as well as the loss of flexibility in employer/employee relations (to say the least).

The allegory to America is clear and striking. While I wouldn’t expect this to be a predictor of events in the United States, I would say that it’s a harbinger, and it’s good for American business. Especially for those people that believe in fiscal conservatism. There’s a movement back to the right where fiscal conservatism reigns supreme, a dollar is a dollar, and people earn the money put in their pocket.

Of course, France is dealing with all the usual repercussions that it has to deal with. I’m sure it will have to deal with much more. In the interim, we should take hope that a fiscal conservative will show its true colors as we get closer to our elections, that the Bush curse will not extend from 2006 to 2008, and that we can breathe a sigh of relief when the next president sits in the oval office.

Guiliani anyone?