Pulling a Gore? Jumping the Al?

So our neighbors to the south have apparently gotten a large migration of Floridians since the last election. A tight popular vote (with no electoral college to worry about) has seemingly clinched a victory for Calderon, but Lopez Obrador will continue to appeal to the Supreme Court about a full recount of 41 million votes. Now, far be it from me to comment on how other countries decide to govern themselves... wait... I'm from the US... nevermind. Not that far at all..
anyway, far be it from me to... not... comment... on... other countries' governments, but I agree with this BBC article that Obrador would be better served by bowing out now and gearing up for 2012. Now why should he when he might have a small chance of perhaps finding the votes?

If he continues in this way, he is in danger of Pulling a Gore (Jumping the Al? How should we call this? The Florida Five Step?). Granted, Al had a bit more reason to appeal (he actually had the popular vote), and Mexico doesn't have an electoral college to deal with, but Al still came out looking like the loser (for many reasons) despite all his efforts. So will Lopez Obrador slink off to Italy, grow a really lame beard in a failed attempt to imitate Hemingway, then come back 6 years later with a statistically unsound propaganda film about drowning polar bears? ... maybe.

But if he steps aside what does it gain? Calderon will have to deal with:
a) an increasingly unstable world economy,
b) an increasingly jittery neighbor to the north who he'll have to deal with on every issue ranging from oil prices to immigration (whether he wants to or not)
c) Chavez... that alone is enough to make any dude roll his eyes when it comes to dealing with foreign policy (he'll get to be the new US "lap dog"),
d) inflation, unemployment, and all the lovely other things that Presidents have no real power over, but get blamed for anyway.

Say it with me, Andres, "Political Powder Keg." You have an opportunity to wale on the entire government, scot-free, FOR SIX YEARS. If they go too far right, they're puppets of the US Corporations, if they go too far left, they're letting Chavez infiltrate Mexican interests too much. YOU... CAN'T.... LOSE... except... uh... you already did. But that's BESIDE THE POINT. And you can always use the phrase with the nightly news, "If I'd been elected [insert problem here] wouldn't be happening."
2012 is your year, Andres.

Just don't pull a Gore.

In other news, Peru chooses the lesser of two evils.

For more educated and serious opinions on this matter, peruse the BBC:
Protest over Election
Presidential Profiles
BBC Viewer Reaction (and the majority of them... not Brittish)


*Note: The views in this article were expressed with little to no research other than the BBC, and looking more for a humorous than political response. So please, Ardilla, no me mates para escribir sobre su pais (un pais muy bonito tambien). But you have to admit... it does seem a little like Florida. ;)

Later Edit:
For those who don't know, "Jumping the Al" is derived from the term "Jumping the Shark" which is a reference to the episode of Happy Days where the Fonz jumps a shark on his motorcycle (Heyyyyy). So "Jumping the Shark" is the point at which a sitcom becomes stale and basically ridiculous. Hence, "Jumping the Al." Just FYI.
Maybe he would've gotten the electoral college if Al had said, "Heyyyyy" more.