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...referendum on the P.R.I.'s new claims to political trustworthiness and the economic policies put in place by outgoing President Carlos Salinas de Gortari -- most notably the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which went into effect Jan. 1. Many experts had been predicting that Zedillo, the unassuming technocrat plucked from obscurity after the party's first choice was assassinated in March, would win with less than half the votes and that the restive electorate would send large numbers of opposition members to Congress. The voters disproved those forecasts and gave the P.R.I. sizable majorities in both houses of Congress...
...later Education Minister under Salinas. These days he lives in a comfortable though not ostentatious house in Mexico City, a far cry from his childhood home. With his own five children, Zedillo is an avid mountain biker. Though he has been dismissed as nothing more than a smart technocrat, "it's very difficult to get to Zedillo's level without political talent," says Susan Purcell, vice president of the Americas Society in New York City. "He's intelligent -- and a genuine democrat...
...this not-so-bright, not-so-talented technocrat get away with the worst act of treason in post-World War II America...
...Michael spoke about the need for a languagethat transcends the nuts and bolts of everydayliberal politics, one that adds a moral dimensionto the vision," Brinkley says. "Certainly some of[Clinton's] more recent speeches reflect a newawareness of what seems to be his goal: to speakas less of a technocrat and more as a moralleader...
Rottenberg says campus political strategies,like national ones, adjusts to the candidates inany particular election year. Dukakis struggledwith an image as a cold-blooded technocrat, so hisyouthful supporters sought to "pep people up" and"generate excitement...