Marcelo-AMLO

Carlos Loret reports that Marcelo Ebrard's people are considering a plan to renege on the Juanito-Brugada deal in Iztapalapa, in which Rafael Juanito Acosta won the delegation and, at the direction of AMLO, was to resign so as to hand the post over to the barred perredista candidate, Clara Brugada. According to Loret, Ebrard and co. are negotiating a deal whereby they would accept Acosta's resignation but hand the seat over not to Brugada but to another unnamed official. This, of course, would incense AMLO and his crew, and Loret describes it as potentially being the opening volley in the war for the left's favor ahead of the presidential race in 2012.