Beltrones Attacks

A story about Manlio Fabio Beltrones swinging at Felipe Calderón over security policy is splashed on the front page of El Universal today. The combination of the inept response to the Martí fiasco and the daily drug violence has made Calderón a lot more vulnerable in recent weeks. Beltrones, an erstwhile (and maybe future) ally, accuses him of governing past on public opinion polls and not recognizing that his criminal justice policies have been a failure. Ouch.