MEXICO CITY, July 16 For the second time in eight days, thousands of supporters of the leftist presidential candidate, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, filled this city’s historic central plaza to demonstrate their support for his demand for a vote-by-vote recount of Mexico’s disputed July 2 election.

The crowds at this rally, several hundred thousand, were considerably larger than the last and seemed to indicate that the movement started by the embattled former mayor of Mexico City remained strong.

Mr. Lopez Obrador told the throngs of people roaring his name that a recount was not too much to ask to resolve the political crisis that has gripped the nation since election officials declared his conservative opponent, Felipe Calderon, who appeared to be the winner by less than 1 percent of 41 million ballots cast.
nytimes.com

What if Al Gore had been more like Mexican presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador?

What if he had not merely demanded a recount in Florida but encouraged Democrats to pour out into the streets, rather than discouraging them?

For that matter, what if Kerry had called for demonstrations after Ohio?

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