It does sound very Mexican. It will probably play well here.

Average wages in Mexico will eventually rise enough to hold people here. It will take time. But huge labor migrations have been stopped before by economic opportunities. Look at Portugal and Spain.

The last election was about the grand struggle for democracy and this motivated a lot of citizens to vote. This drama concluded and this gray democracy is not particularly exciting.

Fox didn't meet all the expectations that were inordinately inflated by his team, by him, and by opinion makers.

It's over. I'd like to say he has a one-in-10 chance of winning but it really is one-in-a-100 now, and going down.

The level of violence is too public. This isn't just about squaring accounts. This is about gang warfare that clearly indicates problems for public control.