Monday, October 20, 2008

PRI Takes Coahuila



With only 39 percent of the electorate turning out to vote, the PRI took the Coahuila state Congress with almost 60 percent of the vote. How did they manage such a wipeout, despite the relative strength of the PAN in the region? Well, it's fair to say that the signage wasn't a big help. The two examples included are a representative sample of the PRI's marketing silliness: there is no justification for the ensemble ad, with the slate of local congressmen casually posing for the photo like the cast of a bad sitcom. They deserved to lose for that alone. Additionally, Verónica Martínez's five-meter visage (as well as that of her colleagues, also sprinkled around the city) will haunt my dreams for years.

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