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To: carranza2 who wrote (156364)	1/15/2005 5:10:11 PM
From: marcos	Respond to of 281500

No, don't have it, and yahoo doesn't leave pieces up for long ... it wasn't much, just had some names that provided search terms ... i haven't kept up with mexicana politics at all lately, and with this old computer it's hard online now, a lot of sites freeze the browser or give it 'illegal entry', got to get a new magic box soon Castañeda wanted to run as an independent but the law of elections does not permit that, so last i heard he was talking with the small party Convergencia ... he was still trying to challenge the law, but that's up to the courts who didn't seem to be in a hurry .... he's right that parties as they stand in México are a liability not an asset, there is some fantastically stupid stuff coming out of them, positions people would never take without party loyalties being an issue He is long term friends with the priísta Elba Esther Gordillo, and there was talk about her campaigning with him [i think that was what that article was about], this will probably happen, and elbistas form quite a slice of the electorate, over five per cent already by some polls, if memory serves The man has gone through some changes .... first thing i recall hearing about him, from a pretty sensible observer, was when he was in Nicaragua around 1980, and was saying to the sandinistas things that may have encouraged them to unachievable goals, through less than rational diplomacy ... i forget the details but that's the gist of it ... his father was canciller at the time, so he had influence though he was quite young .... my friend figured that, had C spoken with a little more forethought and discretion, Ortega et al might have made less irritating statements, and this would have made politically impossible Reagan's terrorism A lot of his policy as canciller himself seemed logical to me, but the guy has still got a mouth on him ... to speak directly is not to make gratuitous insult, and there's not that fine a line between the two, imho ... on the other hand, he does give zippy sound bites, lol .... he likes to shake things up, and likes to get attention ... much like Fox in ways, and they shared a lot of positions ... i dunno about his current ballyhoo about hugely increasing oil production even if it is to spend the money on infrastructure, i'd want to hear from non-partisan oilfield people on that, seems like it could be damaging to the future .... all in all, he's the best candidate announced so far, imho, but what a job, geez, i wouldn't want it