Mexico's Elections Update

This summer Mexico will have its presidential elections and as it appears now the party of Vicente Fox, the Partido Accion Nacional, is unlikely to retain the presidency, although the PRI is not likely to regain power either. Rather, the candidate of the PRD, Lopez Obrador is the frontrunner. Part of the reason that Mexicans are stopping their support of the PAN is because voting for Fox was more of a vote for el cambio rather than his or his party's platform. Because Fox has largely been seen as ineffective, Mexicans are probably going to opt for the third of the major political parties; however, this candidate will probably face many of the same problems enacting legislation as did Fox, which begs the question of whether Mexican political culture is ready or suitable for the beuacratic and give and take nature that makes democratic politics so slow and moderating? My particular take on the issue is that as of now they probably are not because changing political culture takes time, indeed, much more than six years. I think its an interesting question, however, because it addresses issues we've talked about in class and it potentially gives an example of a nation in which democracy, or at least American style democracy, is not suitable for the particular historical and social roots of a nation, especially in Latin America. Does anyone else have a different take on the issue?