Comments for Brazil: Heloísa Helena Becomes Serious Contender for Presidency at http://www.brazzilmag.com , comment 0 to 2 out of 2 comments http://www.brazzilmag.com Sun, 20 Jul 2008 01:44:05 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/6908/1/#pc_4269 I would be very interested in knowing what Heloísa Helena\'s voters would do in a Lula vs Alckmin runoff; however, I have been unable to find reliable info regarding this. Despite the recent peak, a runoff with Heloísa is highly improbable. She is heading inexorably towards Trotsky\'s favorite dustbin. While organizing Lula\'s campaign back in 2001-2002, Duda Mendonça said that \'[in a runoff]one third of the electorate would surely vote Lula, another third would never do so; therefore, we must concentrate on the remaining third\'\'. I bet Heloísa\'s voters come from Lula\'s former \'guaranteed\' third. Among these voters, the hard-left \"fora FMI\" crowd will stick with Helena, and few might do so out of moralistic considerations, admiration for her combativeness or wish for change. The billion-dollar question is: what will these people do in the runoff? If the balance in this group is in favor of Alckmin (and I suspect it is), the difference between him and Lula in an eventual runoff has already narrowed to a single digit. However, maybe some big surprise will come up (e.g. Lula surging far ahead of everyone else or an oppositionist slipping badly). - Guest Sat, 22 Jul 2006 01:18:29 +0100 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/6908/1/#pc_4249 ...and you are banned from the political party you belong to. She is right by saying that Lula betrayed everyone, even his close friends and lieutenants and including all his electors.Tthat is the only thing that has ever be consistent between what he said and what he did. But unfortunately you will probably re-elect him and continue to swallow his lies. Wake up, stand up, during Lula\'s first mandate, Brazil had the lowest economic growth of all developing countries. That is the sad reality. And Lula is proud of his achivements and performances !!!! Geeee.....proud to be on the queue and the last of his peers.....what a shame ! - ch.c. Wed, 19 Jul 2006 19:21:38 +0100