Reaction among Ebrard's Friends

Not surprisingly, Marcelo Ebrard's expressions of presidential ambition in a recent Reuters interview have opened up a debate among the Mexican left's many, many sub-groups. AMLO fans are (of course) saying it was premature, and the el Peje remains the favorite. René Bajerano of the National Democratic Left (and of the Ahumada videos) said he would support Ebrard regardless. Most of the rest stayed somewhere in between, simply saying that 2012 is a long way off (which of course it is) and that Ebrard won't be the only leftist with dreams of sleeping in Los Pinos.