As a Latin Americanist who has spent not only a lot of time in the region, but lived in Mexico for most of the 90s, I find it interesting that you seek to compare the 2004 US election with Lopez Obrador’s pathetic populist-hero drama.  It would benefit your readership tremendously to explain this in light of the PRD’s tactics that included – preventing the election authorities from carrying out their legitimate tallying activities in pro-PAN states in an effort to delay the arrival of PAN votes in Mexico City; Lopez Obrador’s overt threats to call mass demonstrations if he was not declared the winner; and perhaps most importantly, the rampant corruption of his administration during his Mexico City mayorship last term.  Lopez Obrador is about as manipulative as they get in Latin American populism.

Give the Mexicans a break Bob. Their election has about as much to do with you or the 2004 elections or Chavez as you do with reality.

James T Anderson
Mexico Home Capital Holdings, L.P.