Monday, January 19, 2009

It's Gotta Be the PRD

Evidence arguing against the likelihood of the PRD losing its position of preeminence among Mexican leftists to the PT, even with the defection of Ricardo Monreal: 30,000 PT activists are defecting to the PRD, to protest corruption in the party.

Another piece of news that could be good for the PRD: Alejandro Encinas is launching his own PRD caucus. This could present headaches for Jesús Ortega, but it represents a better near-term outcome than Encinas heading elsewhere. In general, the hard-core leftists seem to be collectively hedging their bets about where the future of the hard-core Mexican left lies. AMLO seems more out of the PRD than in it these days, but Encinas, for years a close collaborator, is sticking around.

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