Gabo backing Pardo?

http://eltiempo.terra.com.co/poli/2006-02-27/ARTICULO-WEB-_NOTA_INTERIOR-2765220.html

A close friend of Fidel backing a right-wing liberal? ONLY IN COLOMBIAN POLITICS!

I hope the Liberal party picks Pardo. I really haven't paid much attention to what any Liberal pre-candidate has proposed, but Pardo is tough, intelligent, and quite progressive for a liberal right-winger. He'd make a formidable opponent to Uribe, and would probably make me reconsider my vote.

By Sr Tertius on Feb 27, 2006, 21:21 in Politics & the war.

juancegomez says on Feb 28, 2006, 08:51:

Interesting...Gabo's support is symbolic, basically Pardo seems like a good option, compared to Serpa at least...in that, for all his right-wing credentials, he's progressive enough in some subjects and yet still representative of the "good things" that stem from the popular perception of the current government, specifically on security. Which means that he could very well divide the "security" vote that makes much of Uribe's perceived success.

But the thing is, Serpa has, all things considered, more public recognition and even more base appeal (if a limited one, in the grand scheme of things) than Pardo or any other of the Liberal precandidates can hope to win this time around. They'd all have to climb a cliff before they can even touch him. At least, that's what common sense tells me (but since "politics is dynamic", "la política es dinámica" common sense may not matter that much after all).

Other than that...something I definitely don't like about Pardo is his position on the "personal dose" (criminalize it), because it's completely regressive and would undo one of the only mitigating factors of the current drug policy.

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