Mexico 2012

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Quadri proposes changing the drug policy - treating it as a medical problem.

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Remarkably, AMLO and JVM have nearly identical social proposals - but AMLO, while saying, actually, less, manages to seem to be in command, while she seemed shaky - despite having more meat.

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JVM again attacks the PRI/PRD - for fiscal irresponsibility in the states they govern. Attacks AMLO for lack of transparency and corruption in DF when he governed (and EPN for the same in Mexico state).

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Remarkably, she says very little about actual successes of PAN governments - there ARE successes. She runs as if she were in opposition to the PRI/PRD regime.

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Quadri is the only one to ask "how to pay for this?"

He has chutzpah - talking about education being the most important thing ) And about improving the quality of teacher training - and about testing teachers ) Wow!

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Quadri has just proposed a free-trade agreement with China )

I can't believe. Nobody is that dumb.

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EPN has shown some table where Mexico is nearly last in AL in something. Pity he didn't say in what )

The least meridional.

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JVM just lost more in my eyes. Thou shalt give credit where it is due - and she didn't, as far as Oportunidades is concerned.

Then she has the guts to bring up Bartlett and Montiel (the gray skeletons behind AMLO and EPN) - and she is right. But she is so tired, she barely can say "Bartlett".  

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Among Reforma subscribers (clearly, not an independent group ) ), so far JVM gets 4.8, EPN gets 3.4, AMLO 2.8 and Quadri 2.3. Very unfair to Quadri - he IS the best.

Not with the Chinese platform.

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AMLO is pledging to be FDR. Literally )

AMLO=FDR=OMG

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Quadri proposes creating a Mexican version of the Goethe Institute (to be called Octavio Paz Institute) to promote Mexican culture abroad.

This is a clever cultural policy. Weird, but clever.

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AMLO is comparing his proposed cabinet to that of Juarez. Cardenas to be head of Pemex. New secretariats for Science and Culture: Poniatowska at the latter and a respected (but 75-year-old) scientist at the latter. Ex-UNAM rector to be at education. The economic block is pathetic, though - not that anybody would have any doubts about that (he is delusional to think these people are respected).

Quadri is the only one to remember agriculture - "new agricultural reform", missed a bit the content.

EPN acknowledges Montiel is almost his "father" - guts to say that.

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EPN is calling for North American integration.

As dumb as Quadri's oriental orientation.

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EPN is calling for North American integration.

As dumb as Quadri oriental orientation.

It is THE thing Mexico has to do.

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Mota looks like she could use an energy drink

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Quadri has just proposed a free-trade agreement with China )

I can't believe. Nobody is that dumb.

It's not dumb at all. BTW, Mexico has just removed all special tariffs against Chinese products. And it's normal tariffs are tiny, anyway. That would open Chinese markets, with minimal impact on our side.

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Quadri, I think, is proposing to change housing policy to develop cities, not so much distant suburbs, as it is now - the housing agency to be given cabinet status.

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EPN is calling for North American integration.

As dumb as Quadri's oriental orientation.

It is THE thing Mexico has to do.

It will finish with Mexico. Thanks all the deities humanity has ever believed, the ALCA went into a natural abortion.

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EPN attacks JVM - as the horrible PAN head in Congress, which prevented agreements.

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It will finish with Mexico. Thanks all the deities humanity has ever believed, the ALCA went into a natural abortion.

Not at all. It is Mexico's chance to develop: Mexican monopolies have to be disolved in North American markets.

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AMLO is the worst bull-sh**ter of them all. 3 trillion pesos of the budget, if we divide them among all Mexicans, everybody would have so much money. B-r-r-r.

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Quadri has just proposed a free-trade agreement with China )

I can't believe. Nobody is that dumb.

It's not dumb at all. BTW, Mexico has just removed all special tariffs against Chinese products. And it's normal tariffs are tiny, anyway. That would open Chinese markets, with minimal impact on our side.

Free trade agreements only work when one of the countries is not unable to completely destroy the others economy. Otherwise, It will happen.

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As part of his foreign policy AMLO promises 100% university coverage in Mexico.

For foreigners?

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Quadri is the only one to remember Central America exists.

Proposes "recovering CA", Mexican investments in the region,  and giving Central Americans the same rights as Mexicans in Mexico.

Clever. Again, weird but very, very clever.

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Quadri is proposing to prepare for Cuban transition to democracy, so that Mexican companies can benefit.

Clever. And It ain't weird at all. Brazil is just waiting to do It.