Chile's Bachelet Maintains Lead in Presidential Race, Poll Says

Chile's Bachelet Maintains Lead in Presidential Race, Poll Says

Sept. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Chilean presidential candidate Michelle Bachelet remains the favorite to win the election this December, which would extend the leadership of the center-left coalition that took power after dictator Augusto Pinochet was ousted in 1990.

Forty-nine percent of 819 people polled Sept. 22 through Sept. 29 by Ipsos Opinion Chile said they would vote for Bachelet if the election were held the following Sunday, compared with 48 percent in August.

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Sebastian Pinera, a businessman running for the conservative National Renovation Party, would receive 21 percent of the vote, down from 23 percent in August, according the Ipsos poll. Joaquin Lavin, of the conservative Independent Democratic Union party, would get 16 percent of the vote, unchanged from August. Lavin lost to President Ricardo Lagos in the 2000 election.

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http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000086&sid=axXnPRyEyk8Q&refer=latin_america

..to begin undermining Michelle Bachelet power and authority after she wins the election?

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"Bachelet, 53, who would be the first woman president in Chile, will likely present the clearest plan to address employment, education, health care, poverty and equality issues in the debate, the poll showed. It asked participants to rate the candidates on such issues."
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She sounds like the kind of president we need here in the United States.

is moving further to the left with each election. I bet Bush can't stand it.