I doubt the Persian Prince won the election, at least by that much, but you're assuming that the economy, and not say religion, is the most concern for the Iranian poor in general and the A-Man's electorate in particular.
--- On Tue, 6/16/09, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
>
> I don't deny that the rural poor may have good reasons for
> supporting Ahmadinejad, but he hasn't really delivered a
> better economy - as Dabashi pointed out, the country is
> suffering from what we once called stagflation. Not that the
> "liberals" would deliver the goods either. But the 62% vote
> is just implausible. And it looks like they may have
> overplayed their hand. If you're going to steal an election,
> it makes more sense to do so with 51% than 62%.
>
> Doug
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