A "trial balloon" in Mexico...?

gosh, first it was the president of argentina adjusting course in response to public outcry and now maybe mexico...? remember back when people spoke up in THIS country (other than the nutcases, that is)...? remember back when our elected officials LISTENED to the public (other than the nutcases, that is)...?

The day began with comments from a spokesman that President Vicente Fox was considering pardoning Lopez Obrador, who is expected to face relatively minor charges that could send him to jail and keep him off the 2006 presidential ballot. [...] Minutes later, ... Fox's office issued a written statement saying that the spokesman who said Fox was thinking about a pardon was not authorized to do so. [...] But as criticism builds in newspaper editorials from the United States to Europe, analysts said Fox might be reconsidering. Several said hints about a pardon probably showed he was looking for a politically acceptable way out of the controversy.

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