Seriously, Mexicans will vote for a new president in July. My guess is that there won't be any recounts or "LO performances" at the Zocalo. I think that the citizens of Mexico will be happy to hear that 'LO traffic jams" will remain a bad memory from that summer of 2006.
We hear that Mr Pena-Nieto will be the next president of Mexico. This is what the pundits south of the border are telling us. According to polls, Mr Pena-Nieto is up 20 points and sailing to an easy victory.
Mr Pena-Nieto is running for president at a time when most Mexicans are tired of war. At the same time, I have not heard how a President Pena-Nieto is going to "negotiate" with people who cut off heads and blow up casinos.
We wish Mexicans the best as they prepare to elect a new president. However, I have an eerie feeling that Mr Pena-Nieto will end up disappointing Mexicans because his campaign is full of slogans, cliches and very few specifics.
I found this article rather interesting:
"What a Pena Nieto presidency would look like, however, remains
unclear......
He has offered few specifics about how he would address Mexico's
bigger problems like crime and poverty, sticking tightly to his broader
themes of change and competence as he tries to ride his commanding lead
to a victory in the July 1 elections."
As we've learned from Pres BO, unspecific slogans and cliches (i.e. "hope and change") are not a governing philosophy. They are "gimmicks" or the kind of stuff that you tell voters who want change because they are frustrated with current events.
Last, but not least, let's hope that Pres Romney and Pres Pena-Nieto sit down next year and resolve some bilateral issues, such as securing the border, expanding The Merida Plan and reviving a modern version of the "brasero" program so that people can come and work legally in the US.
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