Mexican Standoff
Dean
Mexico's election protests are growing ever more negative.
To be blunt, I think Obrador is overplaying his hand, and the more he keeps this up the more ordinary Mexicans will grow to despise him. International election observers all said Mexico's election was clean and in fact was a model of what good democratic policy looks like.
Asking for recounts is legitimate, as is asking for investigation of allegations of fraud or abuse. Even refusing to concede before recounts is legitimate. Throwing massive temper tantrums and declaring that you were cheated and that you are the true winner before putting any real evidence forth for it is despicable, especially in a country struggling to maintain its fragile, hard-won democracy.
How bad does Mexico's economy have to be to make millions of its people find it to be a better alternative to leave home and become de facto second class citizens of another country?
That said, I think Obrador's policies are about the only thing which could be worse than the policies of the party currently in power.
Progress on these things takes time.