Nicolas Sarkozy, Headed to Win?...I Doubt It

These are in short the acomplishments of Sarkozy political career from the 70's to his present match with Royal for the presidency of France:

• 1977, becomes councillor in the town of Neuilly-sur-Seine.
• 1977, member of the central committee for the RPR.
• 1978 – 1979, national youth delegate for the RPR.
• 1979 – 1981, president of the national youth delegates under Jacques Chirac for the presidential election of 1981.
• 1983, becomes mayor in the town of Neuilly-sur-Seine
• 1988, national secretary of the RPR, in charge of youth and teaching issues.
• Co-director of the list "Union pour les Élections européennes".
• 1992 – 1993, secrétaire général-adjoint du RPR, chargé des Fédérations. (Assistant secretary of the RPR in charge of constituent interest groups)
• Since 1993, member of the RPR political office.
• 1993 – 1995, Minister for the Budget in the cabinet of Edouard Balladur.
• 1995 – 1997 spokesman for the RPR.
• 1998 – 1999, Secretary General of the RPR.
• 1999, interim president of the RPR.
• 1999, head of the RPR-DL electoral list of the European elections in June
• May 2000, elected President of the committee of the RPR for the département of Hauts-de-Seine
• 2002 – March 2004, Minister of the Interior in the cabinet of Jean-Pierre Raffarin.
• March 2004 – November 2004, Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industry in the cabinet of Jean-Pierre Raffarin
• November 2004, elected the new head of President Jacques Chirac's governing UMP party.
• June 2005 – March 2007, Minister of State and Minister of the Interior in the cabinet of Dominique de Villepin.
• January 2007, nominated by the Union for a Popular Movement for the 2007 presidential election.
• March 2007, quits as Minister of Interior to get fully involved in the 2007 presidential campaign
• 22 April 2007, Sarkozy takes first place in the first round of voting for the French Presidential election.