My own feelings are, were I part of the movement in Mexico, I'd probably be a PRD member (and happier about it than voting dem in a swing state here in the US), but a part of its left wing, and I'd probably feel about obrador the way I feel about andy stern.
Does anyone have legislative specifics, or details about their social movement base? I know it varies alot state by state, like having real mass content in morelia. I also remember the zaps hating on the prd for clashes with their militias in the south, and various other crimes and misdemeanors...
Jim
> >... One crucial political distinction between ... [Mexico and the US]
> >is the presence of a third party in the Mexican mix, one that at least
> >purports to be left of the center. ...
> >It is not that the PRD's hands are clean [--] its legislators have
> >regularly
> >prostituted their wares ...
>
> "Purports"? "Prostituted"? Actually, this makes Mexico sound much like
> the
> US -- with the PRD being Democrats but with more brio. Anyone have any
> details on how solid the PRD's leftist credentials are?
>
> Carl
>
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