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...everyone is cheering, of course. Detractors accuse the openly leftist mayor of spending public money to provide circuses for poor Mexicans in exchange for their votes. Ebrard is having none of it, retorting that such criticism comes from the rich élite who can afford to take vacations on the beach or at ski resorts. The mayor is laying on recreation for the city's millions of have-nots who can barely afford to feed their families, let alone take a holiday. "The ice rink has been an incredible success," the mayor said recently. "Look how many people have come...
...political analyst Federico Estévez says Ebrard's ice rinks and beaches are camouflage for a mayor with no significant policies. "You can't fool the middle class that they are in Rockefeller Center," Estévez says. "Where is the policy here? How about trying to attract some investment." Being mayor of Mexico City is a traditional apprenticeship for presidential candidates of Ebrard's Democratic Revolution Party. But despite the entertainments he has introduced, Ebrard is constantly overshadowed by his mentor and predecessor Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who gained immense popularity through programs and projects for both...
...course, have a special themed debate in their honor, and if the candidates don’t attend the media depicts their absence as apathy. In September, for example, PBS personality Tavis Smiley hosted a debate on minority issues, which the top tier candidates, including former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney, Arizona Sen. John McCain, and Thompson, skipped. “Top Republicans scolded for skipping black debate,” and “Smiley: GOP ignores minorities” the next day’s headlines yelped...
...held them up against the light and said, 'Could this guy be President?' you'd say, 'I don't think so.'" While they are, on paper, a distinguished group - a living hero and sitting U.S. Senator, a former Senator and popular actor, two former Governors and a prosecutor turned mayor of the nation's most populous city - each has handicaps that are limiting...
...purpose of the shadow U.S. delegation here - spiritually led by Gore and including the likes of Sen. John Kerry, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and dozens of officials from California (Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger had planned to attend, but budget negotiations kept him at home) - is to signal the world that the Bush Administration no longer represents the views of most Americans on climate change. They point to the fact that U.S. cities, states and, now, the Congress have taken steps to combat global warming, and that next year's election will likely accelerate that momentum. "The message here is that...