Aftermath of the Mexican General Election

[Hababi]

Now that all has been cleared up down in Mexico, and Calderon is (rightfully) in office, what do you think the future holds for our buddy south of the border? Will he have a smoothe term of office? Will Mexico move forward? Will Lopez Obrador attempt to overthrow the government, as he has openly stated?

If I'm Calderon, I make sure my body guards are good. Real good. Because some crazy Lopez Obrador supporter will probably be gunning for him.

[coheneran]

Now that all has been cleared up down in Mexico, and Calderon is (rightfully) in office, what do you think the future holds for our buddy south of the border? Will he have a smoothe term of office? Will Mexico move forward? Will Lopez Obrador attempt to overthrow the government, as he has openly stated?

If I'm Calderon, I make sure my body guards are good. Real good. Because some crazy Lopez Obrador supporter will probably be gunning for him.

Could you provide a little background please? Like, why is this election so important in particular, what were the candidates' positions etc..

[ChickenStu]

So its finally over?

So El Gore didn't succeed?

[Hababi]

Could you provide a little background please? Like, why is this election so important in particular, what were the candidates' positions etc..

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/09/06/mexico.election.ap/index.html?section=cnn_latest

[coheneran]

I think all the candidates should back down and let the EZLN take over, they're doing a much better job of stopping poverty and creating jobs in Chiapas and Atenco than the Mexican state is doing across the whole nation.

Serenity, thanks for the link. Do you have any other ones? That one was a teeny bit biased, what with not representing the leftist side at all.

[Hababi]

Here's another one, which I read this morning: http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0906/p01s03-woam.html

[Hababi]

Comparing Al Gore to Lopez Obrador is ridiculous. Obrador orchestrated roadblocks, and effectively tried to intimidate the courts into declaring him a winner via civil unrest. His party disrupted the equivalent of the State of the Union address, and I've got no confidence that he won't try and continue attempting to install himself as President now. I don't even like Calderon's politics or persona (from what I've seen), but Obrador has behaved utterly contemptibly.

Yeah I basically feel the same way.

It should make everyone realize the value of stability and what we have here in America (well, and what you have in Britain)--when there was a contested election in 2000, Al Gore took it as far as he legally could and then stopped, for the sake of the country. Lopez Obrador has no such respect for the institutions of democracy.

[Reaganista]

well he's a commie

[Otherside]

the next few years should be very rough. Fox was nothing compared to this situation.

[Der Übermensch]

Everyone loves Democracy... until they are the minority.

[Reaganista]

I don't think the party for democratic revolution or w/e ever really liked the current incarnation of mexican democracy
they'd perfer the kind of democracy where everyone performs forced labor and the opposition gets assassinated

[John Paul Harrison]

Could immigrants use this as a reason to seek political asylum here?

[Reaganista]

only if there actually is a revolution