France's Presidential Race Goes Down to the Wire ; Candidates Pull Out All the Stops to Cajole Horde of Undecided Voters

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PARIS France's presidential candidates are getting nervous. With just days to go until Sunday's election, the race is too close to call. So they're saying just about anything that might win over undecided voters.

Take poll leader Nicolas Sarkozy. Suddenly, the free-market conservative is quoting a Marxist philosopher.

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France's Presidential Race Goes Down to the Wire ; Candidates Pull Out All the Stops to Cajole Horde of Undecided Voters

Socialist Sgolne Royal, No. 2 in the polls, proclaimed herself the candidate of "audacity" in an interview Wednesday with Mtro newspaper. Then, perhaps wondering whether that might alienate some voters, sh...

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