42 year old, Marine Le Pen is all set and up in arms to give the current French president, Nicholas Sarkozy, his share of challenge in the French elections that are going to take part early next year.

Marine is the daughter of France's so called far-right bogeyman, Jean-Marie. The tall and confident woman is already predicting that she would come second in the first round of elections and would redo the same magic that her father was able to do in 2000. At that time, he had stunned the whole of Europe by throwing out Lionel Jospin, the Socialist and favorite from the race.

In an interview given to the Times, she said that she is sure of her win and that the data is predicting that.

She may sound over-enthusiastic but there is a reason for her to believe in what she is saying. Sarkozy has visibly lost in terms of popularity and that his own camp has shown signs of disintegration.

No wonder then that Jean-Francois Cope, leader of Sarkozy's Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) sees Marine as a major threat to their campaign and win.