Ebrard: No to pact with criminals

Q: Is it worth making pacts with the criminals, like as proposed by Vicente Fox, or is wrong?

Marcelo Ebrard: Of course he is wrong; it would be like throwing in the towel, right? I think it is a wrong statement

Oh, god.

From Milenio, an interview with Gregorio "Greg" Sánchez

"During my stay at the maximum security prison I wrote more than 125 praises to Almighty God, I decided to record a christian album with 15 songs and it is already in the hands of producers and we tust in God that is finished and ready in December in order to be launched in the international market in January 2012. All songs are taken from the Bible, because  even if I lived for a thousand years it would be enough to exalt the name of the Lord.

Greg sang a cappella one of those tunes, "You are the Way, the Truth and the Life / Jesus Christ, you were the Resurrection / Jesus Christ my savior / rivers of living water flowing within you, sir, / let me look your face, let me touch your love."

Alonso Lujambio declines - what's next?

It was hardly a surprise that Alonso Lujambio declined to seek the PAN's presidential nomination; the more interesting issue is what he will pursue next: A senate seat? Or even mayor of Mexico City?

Sharp Calderón response to Fox's "truce" suggestion: It is your fault

Recently, former president Vicente Fox notably called for a "truce" of some kind with the criminal gangs fighting the Mexican government, and each other.

Calderón yesterday offered a rebuke that could hardly be harsher, essentially stating that Mexico is in this situation because of the truce Fox gave these organizations: "to the extent that one did not act with determination against the criminals, they were expanding in networks all around the country."

Essentially: It is Fox' fault for not having taken them on.

So much for the party unity that prominent PAN members have been calling for: It is hard to image the relations between the current and former presidents being any colder.

Liars!

Former PAN president Manuel Espino's reaction to the recent TEPJF decision against him is as predictable as the sun also rising: "Liars!"

Yes, Espino, head of PAN during the contentious 2006 election, pulled an AMLO: Never, ever accept any verdict against you; rather, disqualify any adversarial [election, poll, court decision, etc] ruling in your disfavor.