Wednesday, July 05, 2006

Mexican Election Still in Doubt

It appears that Felipe Calderon has won the Mexican presidential election by about a percentage point, but his leftist opponent, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, is vowing to challenge the results and demand a recount in a scene reminiscient of the US 2000 election. Official results how Calderon about a half million votes ahead, but Obrador claims that thousands of voting places registered more votes than were registered, somewhat like Milwaukee, I guess.

It will be ineteresting to see how this one pans out, but it is likely that Calderon will eventually be declared the official winner and the US administration can breathe a sigh of relief.

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