Tantrum by the Los Angeles Times

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Apparently the powers that be, want Lopez Obrador to quitely step aside from his presidential bid. Much like Bush v Gore, we have a country which is divided in its choice of president. Calderon has eked out a narrow advantage of 0.57% a difference that Lopez Obrador has every right to contest and demand a recount. Not so says the Los Angeles Times:

The tribunal could still call for a broader review, but Mexican law is wary of full recounts lest the election-day work of those conscripted ballot-counting citizens be undermined.

Bah Humbug! I say. This is the letter I sent them, which most likely is not getting published:

Your support for the justification not to do a full recount -- that the election-day work of ballot-counting citizens would be undermined -- is as backward as the Bush administration's rationale that the Iraq war continue to be prosecuted so the soldiers who died, didn't die in vain.

A recommended recount of 9% of the ballots by itself suggests significant irregularities in the election. Given our own history of the flawed 2000 presidential election, when a full recount of Florida most likely would have made Gore the winner, it is in Mexico's best interest to put all doubts to rest and do a full recount.