Guadalajara Reporter

As two opposition would-be candidates road-test their marketing-designed, made-for-TV presidential campaigns, sober-sided President Felipe Calderon tries to shift attention away from his administration’s signal effort, a three-year war against the drug cartels.That war is clearly judged a failure by most Mexicans. Since Calderon took office December 1, 2006, the war has claimed considerably more – say informed independent observers – than the 15,000-some lives usually reported. *Restricted Article* - To view rest of this content, please login or register..