Comments on: Election Watch: Nicaragua http://poliblogger.com/?p=10954 A rough draft of my thoughts... Sat, 18 Nov 2025 05:23:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: John L Gibson http://poliblogger.com/?p=10954#comment-1021649 Mon, 06 Nov 2025 07:07:47 +0000 http://poliblogger.com/?p=10954#comment-1021649 00:34 | Count preliminary grants triumph to Ortega ! YES !!!!!!!!!!..................40.87% 00:34 | Count preliminary grants triumph to Ortega !
YES !!!!!!!!!!………………40.87%

]]> by: John L Gibson http://poliblogger.com/?p=10954#comment-1021062 Mon, 06 Nov 2025 01:16:26 +0000 http://poliblogger.com/?p=10954#comment-1021062 All being well, as ex president Carter said on Saturday, endorsement by Bush of anti-Ortega candidates only goes to help Ortega. With Ortega elected in Nicaragua, Chavez in Venezuela, Morales in Bolivia, Castro in Cuba, and left leaning governments across the continent, the future has to be looking up for the peoples of South America. All being well, as ex president Carter said on Saturday, endorsement by Bush of anti-Ortega candidates only goes to help Ortega.

With Ortega elected in Nicaragua, Chavez in Venezuela, Morales in Bolivia, Castro in Cuba, and left leaning governments across the continent, the future has to be looking up for the peoples of South America.

]]> by: John L Gibson http://poliblogger.com/?p=10954#comment-1021045 Mon, 06 Nov 2025 00:24:32 +0000 http://poliblogger.com/?p=10954#comment-1021045 Imagine if Bush endorsed David Cameron in a British parliamentary election! It would be entirely out of line and he would be universally condemned. Yeah maybe, but it would be the one way to ensure the Tories wouldn't get elected, probably the one hope New Labour has of being re-elected - go on 'W' endorse Cameron at the next uk election... Imagine if Bush endorsed David Cameron in a British parliamentary election! It would be entirely out of line and he would be universally condemned.
Yeah maybe, but it would be the one way to ensure the Tories wouldn’t get elected, probably the one hope New Labour has of being re-elected - go on ‘W’ endorse Cameron at the next uk election…

]]> by: Dr. Steven Taylor http://poliblogger.com/?p=10954#comment-1021044 Mon, 06 Nov 2025 00:23:11 +0000 http://poliblogger.com/?p=10954#comment-1021044 Maria, I just posted a link to a Managua newspaper. Results should start coming in soon, although it may be a while (days?) before we know for sure what the results will be. Maria,

I just posted a link to a Managua newspaper. Results should start coming in soon, although it may be a while (days?) before we know for sure what the results will be.

]]> by: Maria Sanches http://poliblogger.com/?p=10954#comment-1021040 Mon, 06 Nov 2025 00:17:45 +0000 http://poliblogger.com/?p=10954#comment-1021040 When do the polls close? When will results start coming in? When do the polls close? When will results start coming in?

]]> by: Publius Pundit - Blogging the democratic revolution http://poliblogger.com/?p=10954#comment-1020958 Sun, 05 Nov 2025 22:58:51 +0000 http://poliblogger.com/?p=10954#comment-1020958 [...] Political Scientist Steven Taylor at PoliBlogger observes that if Ortega wins, that other pair, Rizo and Montealegre will have wished they united and the rest of us will then focus on what Ortega II, The Sequel looks like outside the context of the Cold War. He has lots of interesting chatter with his students, too. Read it all here. [...] […] Political Scientist Steven Taylor at PoliBlogger observes that if Ortega wins, that other pair, Rizo and Montealegre will have wished they united and the rest of us will then focus on what Ortega II, The Sequel looks like outside the context of the Cold War. He has lots of interesting chatter with his students, too. Read it all here. […]

]]> by: Dr. Steven Taylor http://poliblogger.com/?p=10954#comment-1020504 Sun, 05 Nov 2025 19:59:12 +0000 http://poliblogger.com/?p=10954#comment-1020504 Probably because no one is paying attention. That and the fact that it is historically normal behavior in Nicaragua (I say that not to defend it, but it is nonetheless true). And you are right: it is improper. Probably because no one is paying attention.

That and the fact that it is historically normal behavior in Nicaragua (I say that not to defend it, but it is nonetheless true).

And you are right: it is improper.

]]> by: Ratoe http://poliblogger.com/?p=10954#comment-1020503 Sun, 05 Nov 2025 19:55:31 +0000 http://poliblogger.com/?p=10954#comment-1020503 <i>Ortega will be president in a wholly different context–no Cold War, no revolutionary government to head and so forth.</i> Of course he will have to contend with US meddling. The fact that you have the US AMbassador trying to develop election strategy for Montealegre and Rizo is appalling and possibly a harbinger of things to come. Imagine if Bush endorsed David Cameron in a British parliamentary election! It would be entirely out of line and he would be universally condemned. Why is that not happening in the case of Nicaragua? Ortega will be president in a wholly different context–no Cold War, no revolutionary government to head and so forth.

Of course he will have to contend with US meddling. The fact that you have the US AMbassador trying to develop election strategy for Montealegre and Rizo is appalling and possibly a harbinger of things to come.

Imagine if Bush endorsed David Cameron in a British parliamentary election! It would be entirely out of line and he would be universally condemned.

Why is that not happening in the case of Nicaragua?

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