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The toughest Brazilian presidential campaign in decades takes off
Brazil officially launched Tuesday the campaign for October presidential election which begins with a polarized scenario and the two main candidates, incumbent Dilma Rousseff and opposition hopeful Jose Sierra virtually even in vote intention according to the latest public opinion polls. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rules“virtually even” only in polls bought by Serra's coalition - the ones made by IBOPE and Datafolha. Rousseff would likely surpass Serra by some 10 points in impartial polls.
Jul 07th, 2010 - 06:27 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Hey EDITOR...
Jul 08th, 2010 - 11:51 am - Link - Report abuse 0Deleting my comment of this site not being the“ most unbiased in earth” is not very nice.
Pull yourself together!
Serra implies a LA balance with chavism, not a bad idea of democratic alternance. An acid test on political maturity for Brazil and the region.
Jul 08th, 2010 - 12:24 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I like the threat of diversity for those who prefers “only one speech”...makes them better presidents unless they prefer to be rejected through next vote.
And Rousseff is a question mark, even for Lula. Let me see a political treason developing there...
“And Rousseff is a question mark, even for Lula”
Jul 08th, 2010 - 05:38 pm - Link - Report abuse 0You're fed with the spoiled food served by the media chains. Rousseff has experience in the command of Lula's cabinet. Her administrative qualities are well known.
This talk of democratic alternance is a loser's speech, something like saying “this party has been voted into power too much, now it's our turn”. Funny that after eight years in power the PSDB didn't use that speech in the 2002 elections; only now they do.
And what the hell is a “LA balance”?
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