The Militant Pine Marten's sources report that Segolene Royal's campaign team appear to be testing a new way of connecting with voters in a way that is truly relevant to them. It's certainly more appealing than Sarkozy's tubthumping.
The European pine marten (Martes martes, L.) is distributed through most portions of continental Eurasia from western Europe in the west to western Siberia in the east, from the northern edge of coniferous forest in the north to Asia Minor in the south.
Some say that in many ways, it is like a fox, however it is far cooler as it climbs trees, is a lot prettier and doesn't tend to have mange quite so much.