....subervi doesn't know which way to turn, and he has done himself know favours by not taking a firm stand when discussing which side of the prd fence he should/should not be on.
it could have been argued as little as six months ago that he, along with milagros was the favourite to be the prd presidential candidate.
he was easily 'played' by the pph (money buys anything here) and he lost his chance of being that candidate when, also with milagros and esquea decided to side with hipolito in the convention that never happened.
hatuey warned them of this and they decided not to heed that warning - where are they now? - still holding on to the chance (although they won't admit it) of getting in the back door via the 'ley de lemas' or something similar.
i said when it first came about that the 'ley de lemas' will not come into effect, at least not for this election, but hipolito and his crew still keep leading people on, suggesting that it could happen. subervi and milagros are waiting and waiting, they still don't realise they lost their opportunities before christmas.
you people still write off hatuey - but i say, he is still, and i have said this before, the most influential politician left out there. hipolito cannot win without hatuey's support. the whole notion that the pph can brush hatuey aside is farcical. the prd is still the biggest party with the biggest number of loyal supporters, but they don't support hipolito - everybody knows it. most prd supporters would prefer not to vote than vote for hipolito or leonel (they definitely wouldn't vote for estrella, or anyone else).
so who do they look to now? - hatuey.
if hatuey makes an agreement with hipolito, which i highly doubt - hipolito will be in for another four years.
if hatuey asks his supporters to vote for leonel, which i highly doubt - leonel will be in for four years.
if hipolito stands down, or is declared not to be the prd presidential candidate, hatuey - who has already won one convention, will be the next president.
even if hatuey doesn't become president this time, his reputation has shot up so high that he is a very strong bet for the elections in 2008.
hipolito is proving to be far cleverer than people gave him credit for, but he is no match for hatuey.
leonel, as many people have suspected, has become so over confident in the run-up for these elections that he has completely lost the thread. his only hope of winning depends on hatuey.
hatuey will always be the one with the final say - it doesn't matter how many pph gorillas try to put the frighteners on everyone.
- by the way, if you hadn't noticed i support hatuey.