Marvelous

I saw this item quite late last night and just didn't have the energy to post about it. The Washington Post reports that Andrés Manuel López Obrador is charging that the election was rigged and that he will try to overturn the results.

MEXICO CITY, July 8 — Downtown Mexico City swelled Saturday with the accumulated frustration and rage of the poor, who were stoked into a sign-waving, fist-pumping frenzy by new fraud allegations that failed populist candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador hopes will overturn the results of Mexico's presidential election.

López Obrador ignited the smoldering emotions of his followers Saturday morning, alleging for the first time that Mexico's electoral commission had rigged its computers before the July 2 election to ensure the half-percentage-point victory of Felipe Calderón, a champion of free trade. In a news conference before the rally, López Obrador called Calderón "an employee" of Mexico's powerful upper classes and said a victory by his conservative opponent would be "morally impossible."

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López Obrador's approach pairs legal maneuvers with mass public pressure. On Saturday, he gave a mega-display of street power, drawing an estimated 280,000 people into the city center on a humid, drizzly afternoon, according to a Mexico City government estimate.

In other words he's following the advice of Mr. Klain and Mexico will be in turmoil for quite some time into the future. As Mark in Mexico pointed out the other day, though, don't misjudge what is really happening down there too soon. Mexico City is a stronghold for AMLO, the rest of Mexico is not all that supportive of him.