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There's something rotten in Mexico. And it smells like Florida. The ruling party, the Washington-friendly National Action Party, proclaimed yesterday their victory in the presidential race, albeit tortilla thin, was Mexico's first "clean" election. But that requires we close our eyes to some very dodgy doings in the vote count that are far too reminiscent of the games played in Florida in 2000. And indeed, evidence suggests that Team Bush had a hand in what may be another presidential election heist. Just before the 2000 balloting in Florida, I reported in the Guardian that its governor, Jeb Bush, had ordered...

Did Mel Gibson's Passion of the Christ had any impact on the voters? The religious right could well decide the coming election THIS November's election is about many things. It is about the future of the West, the war on Islamic terrorism, the beggar-thy-grandchildren deficit, you name it. But for the professionals who run the campaigns it is about something much bigger than any of this: refighting the last presidential election.The Democrats are hell-bent on exacting revenge for being cheated of victory in 2000. For their part, the Republicans are determined to prove that they were robbed of a...