Considering that exit polls were repoeted by someone as having this one passing by a few points, it may be kharmic payback for the election where exit polls had him losing by a good margin only to have the results called in his favor. Here’s hoping they hold true this go around..
This little prick needs to have an anchor strapped to his arse to slow him and Venezuela’s slide into the Red abyss slowed down and stopped.
It’s obviously the Bush Doctrine does not apply to this hemisphere when it comes to national threats so for the time being, we’ll have to hope the locals Just say
No to Hugo.
Venezuela locked in tight vote
Saul Hudson and Ana Isabel Martinez
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/venezuela_referendum_dc;_ylt=AmPpoakPjXxtjESZGY5sZ.rlWMcF
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was in a tight vote on Sunday in a referendum on giving him new powers and scrapping term limits on his rule with both the government and opposition saying early returns showed they were ahead.
Vice President Jorge Rodriguez said the vote was “close,” but opposition leaders questioned government data that put Chavez slightly ahead and one called on the anti-U.S. leftist leader to accept an unprecedented defeat if he loses.
Preliminary data collected by the opposition showed the “No” vote ahead by 8 percentage points, Alejandro Grisanti of the Justice First party told reporters.
The contradictory claims raised the possibility of a contested result. After a campaign marred by violence, many Venezuelans and foreign investors have worried over political turbulence if one side calls supporters on to the streets to protest the result.
If approved, the referendum vote on a raft of reforms would allow Chavez to run for reelection indefinitely, control Venezuela’s foreign currency reserves, appoint loyalists over regional elected officials and censor the media if he declares an emergency.
But defeat would put him under intense pressure to slow or halt his self-declared socialist revolution and step down when his term ends in 2013.