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...also said that even though Lopez Obrador drew most of his support from the poor and working classes, “there is a very good argument for Calder??n’s approach” to helping the poor because inflation and sluggish economic growth often hurt the poor the most. This notion was seconded by Frankel, who said that “what Mexico’s poor most need now is what the rest of the country needs too: strong and sustainable economic growth...
Poire also noted that Calder??n is not against spending on social programs, only that he is “more likely to support targeted social programs.” Both professors singled out Fox’s successful “Oportunidades” welfare program as the sort of program that Calder??n would support...
...professors also said they believed that Calder??n would be able to enact more of his economic reform agenda unlike Fox, whose plans were consistently blocked by the Mexican Congress...
...Thanks to Calder??n’s coattails, PAN won the largest share of the legislature in [its] history with 40 percent of the House and a little more of the Senate,” Poire said. And by forming a coalition government with key posts going to PRI modernizers, he added, Calder??n should be able to push through his legislative reforms...
...underlying debate on economics aside, the campaign was tarred by sharp negative attacks, including suggestions by the Calder??n campaign that Lopez Obrador is another incarnation of Venezuelan President Hugo R. Chávez, the left-wing former general who has become one of the U.S.’s strongest opponents in Latin America...