It looks like Mexico has been cursed with a Presidential election as close as Gore/Bush.
Andrés Manuel López Obrador and Felipe Calderón each claimed victory in Mexico’s presidential election late Sunday night, even though the country’s electoral commission said the race was so close it might not be able to announce the winner until Wednesday.
I also love how the Washington Post continues to drive hatred of the left. For example:
López Obrador, a populist beloved by Mexico’s poor, struck first, appearing before a bank of microphones and forcefully saying that “according to our information, we have won the presidency of Mexico.”…
López Obrador charmed voters with a mix of charisma and New Deal-style public works proposals that he promised would create jobs for millions of poor Mexicans and stem illegal migration to the United States…
…López Obrador, the candidate of the Democratic Revolutionary Party, or PRD, generated the most unease among Americans because of his populist agenda, which includes renegotiating parts of the North American Free Trade Agreement, and left-leaning tendencies that have drawn comparisons to such adversaries of the Bush administration as Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez and Bolivia’s Evo Morales.
I’d like to know who these Americans are that are uneasy about a charming, populist, New Deal style progressive President of Mexico, who is promising to stem illegal emigration from his country? Just because the guy wants to renegotiate NAFTA, we have to treat him like some kind of Stalinist. It’s ridiculous. I hope López Obrador wins.
