Word: alckmin
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...Alckmin's sudden rise - he had rarely polled more than 30% - was a shock to Lula, who believed his landmark social programs and solid handling of the economy would be enough to give him an outright win. Analysts said many voters made up their minds to vote for Alckmin at the last minute not because they like him but because they wanted more time to make a decision. Lula's refusal to participate in the debate left many voters angry, and they wanted to punish him by forcing a runoff. "People thought, why am I going to vote for someone...
...debate and was massacred in his absence. The next day newspapers published incriminating photos of cash Lula's Workers' Party (PT) was allegedly using to pay for a document smearing its opponents. Together, the two incidents dealt crushing blows to the incumbent leader and enabled his closest challenger, Geraldo Alckmin, to gain enough votes to force a runoff on Oct. 29. In final results announced Monday morning, Lula had 48.6% of the vote, against Alckmin...
...Heloisa Helena, the former PT Senator who polled 6.9%, has never forgiven Lula for throwing her out of the party for being too leftist. And Cristovam Buarque, another disillusioned former PT stalwart who polled 2.6% with a single-issue campaign focused on education, should see his supporters move towards Alckmin...
...India - but his success with the Bolsa Familia makes victory almost certain, in spite of his lack of action elsewhere. Although he failed to enact the political, union, labor, agrarian or tax reforms he promised, polls put him between 22 and 25 points ahead of nearest rival, Geraldo Alckmin, and within reach of the overall majority that would avoid...
...that even the president of the Congressional Ethics Committee classed it "the worst in the country's history," the presidential candidates are the most visible targets. Many Brazilians feel they simply aren't being given a choice. There are seven candidates in the field but only two, Lula and Alckmin, have a serious chance at winning, although a third far-left candidate is starting to gain ground. Alckmin embodies the neo-liberal PSDB rejected by voters in 2002 and Lula, the odds-on favorite, is leading only because he has given large handouts to the country's poor. Even many...