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Mexico conservatives back woman presidential candidate
Reuters ^ | February 5, 2012 | Lizbeth Diaz and Mica Rosenberg

Posted on 02/06/2012 4:06:11 AM PST by NCjim

Voters from Mexico's ruling conservative party selected their first woman presidential candidate on Sunday, choosing a former education minister to battle the opposition's nominee, who has a big lead in the polls.

National Action Party (PAN) voters threw their support behind former party congressional leader Josefina Vazquez Mota, pushing aside Ernesto Cordero, a close ally of President Felipe Calderon.

Jose Espina, who organized the vote, announced Vazquez Mota was ahead with 55 percent support with around 87 percent of the votes counted, more than enough to secure the party nomination. Cordero came in second with 38 percent.

National polls show Vasquez Mota is the PAN's best chance against Enrique Pena Nieto from Mexico's Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), which ruled Mexico for most of the last century, but she trails him by 20 percentage points.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: ernestocordero; felipecalderon; josefinavazquezmota; mexico

1 posted on 02/06/2012 4:06:24 AM PST by NCjim
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...

Thanks NCjim.


2 posted on 02/06/2012 4:33:29 AM PST by SunkenCiv (FReep this FReepathon!)
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To: SunkenCiv

While she’s behind the PRI candidate now, I think she has a pretty good chance. She’s a Palin-type candidate.

Also I think women are perceived as better and “cleaner” leaders against the drug cartels. Some of the police and mayors who have been killed by the cartels were women who had publicly taken those positions because they wanted to fight for their country. So women do have credibility on this issue.


3 posted on 02/06/2012 4:42:09 AM PST by livius
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To: NCjim
I wonder what century the lame stream media will accept the fact that whites, blacks and latinos have been marrying for decades and producing loads of beautiful children with the traits of each side of the union?

This race labeling has become a disgusting and intentionally divisive tactic. They immediately attempt to create a difference between the individual they report on and segments of the targeted audience.

It's become automatic for me to read "Discard any credibility of the author and find another source".

Anyway, good luck to her. Hope she lives long enough to win and take office.

4 posted on 02/06/2012 4:52:05 AM PST by Caipirabob (I say we take off and Newt the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure...)
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To: Caipirabob

If she makes it to President, good thing Clinton is no longer the U.S. Pres, he would be on that (figuratively speaking) in no time flat.


5 posted on 02/06/2012 5:14:50 AM PST by DaveA37
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To: Progov

LOL! Yes, that would have been a given.


6 posted on 02/06/2012 3:56:19 PM PST by Caipirabob (I say we take off and Newt the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure...)
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7 posted on 02/06/2012 5:39:32 PM PST by TheOldLady (FReepmail me to get ON or OFF the ZOT LIGHTNING ping list)
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