Michael Barone writes for RealClearPolitics an unexcited, almost placid summary of Mexican presidential politics over the past thirty years, culminating with Sunday's election of PRI candidate Enrique Pena Nieto.
Barone concludes Mexico has become a country with normal politics. I believe his headline writer overstated disinterest in the presidential election with the "What if they held an election and nobody came?" trope. In fact I read several fine stories about the election and we today await a substantial recount of the ballots.
An issue much covered is the photogenic nature of Pena Nieto and his actress second wife Angelica Rivera. The handsome couple are not unlike the Kennedys in this regard, and the term "Camelot" has been bandied.
