Alliances

César Nava is talking up a PAN-PRD alliance in Oaxaca, where the PRI machine of Ulises Ruiz operates with a ruthless effectiveness comparable to Daley's in Chicago in the 1960s. Who knows what will come of it, but teaming up against the most authoritarian PRI governors (next up: Puebla and Veracruz) is a logical move for both parties. The state level also seems a much more likely place to build a constructive alliance than in the halls of Congress.