AMLO Threatens Seige if Calderon Wins The problem with the re-count in Mexico is that the correct person --i.e., the leftist candidate -- might not win. That's what happened in Florida in 2000, where the goal was to just count the votes until Gore "won." (and incidentally, only one recount of the many done in 2000 showed that Gore won).

So far, the partial recount in Mexico shows that Calderon is still winning by a narrow margin. But, that's not good enough for the leftist candidate.

From the BBC:

Supporters of Mexico's left-wing presidential candidate have pledged to place his rival "under siege" if he is declared winner of the disputed poll.

A spokesman for Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's party said Felipe Calderon would not be able to operate outside his office if he was made president.

Mr Lopez Obrador disputes the official results which give a narrow victory to his rival and wants a full recount.

A partial recount has been completed, but the results are not yet known

The results are known, though. From the WashingtonPost:

Although there was no evidence of widespread irregularities, let alone fraud, on Aug. 5, Mexico's independent Federal Electoral Tribunal, a seven-judge panel, ordered a recount at 11,839 polling stations, about 9 percent of the total.

That recount is complete. According to Mexican press reports, it has yielded no major change in the presidential results -- certainly nothing sufficient to justify Mr. López Obrador's wild allegations. The Federal Electoral Tribunal now has until Sept. 6 to either annul the election or certify the results and declare a winner

Even if you don't like the winner of an election, you uphold the law by accepting the results. Then, the next chance you get, you vote him/her out of office. But, it might not work that way in Mexico.

Mark In Mexico has a good take on the polling subtleties.

Also, Mark's reporting that the governor of Oaxaca has might decide to retire for "health" reasons, and that the guy likely to replace him might not be accepted by the anarchists and the teachers.

The situation in Mexico is disquieting to me; the one heartening thing is that the WashPo reports in the final paragraph that the crowds in Mexico City have been dwindling. Let's hope for the quiet sanity of reasonable people.

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Incidentally, MorningCoffee posted the House Illegal Immigration Hearing, and links to them:

8/17, El Paso - House hearing on Mexican influence on U.S. border security decisions.
House Judiciary Committee
8/17, Austin - House hearing on the criminal consequences of illegal immigration at the southern border.
House Committee on Homeland Security
8/17, Sierra Vista, AZ - House hearing on southern border technical and reconnaissance capabilities.
House Intelligence Committee
8/18, Houston - House hearing on the criminal consequences of illegal immigration at the southern border
House Committee on Homeland Security
8/23, Concord, NH - House hearing on the impact of the Senate bill's amnesty provisions on healthcare
House Judiciary Committee

Some Other CAII Posts today:
DeMediacratic Nation, with Schlafly Says "Shoo Fly" to Illegal Immigrants
The Uncooperative Blogger with San Diego City Council wants illegal Alien Squatters and their chapel, off land
Take Back Georgia with Want coverage? We got coverage!!!

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