Excélsior ran an article yesterday with experts commenting on the PAN's lack of charisma, and resulting lack of broad appeal. I couldn't agree more. There are a lot of good reasons to dislike the Fox/Creel wing of the party (and on balance, I think those reasons are a lot stronger than the reasons to dislike Calderón and his bunch), but there's no denying that the former group is more appealing to voters who vote on gut reaction rather than a careful measurement of the issues. (Which is to say, a lot of them.) Between Calderón, César Nava, and Germán Martínez, the face of today's PAN is a bespectacled technician. There's nothing wrong with that per se, but, with the economy plummeting and security a major issue, that's not the ideal image for the PAN, or any other political party.
(I feel obligated to add that agreeing with the article's conclusions is in no way an endorsement of making superficial electoral decisions, or of Fox's performance in office. Indeed, if Fox is your subject, charisma and effectiveness are inversely proportional.)
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