Say something often enough, and it may come true. So it was in this week's election for governor of the state of Mexico. Posters proclaiming Enrique Pena Nieto "Your governor 2005-2011" blanketed the state and Mexico City, which it surrounds on three sides. Mr Pena, the candidate of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), which ruled Mexico for seven decades until its defeat by Vicente Fox in 2000, duly won the election on July 3rd with almost half the vote. The election in the state of Mexico, with a population of 15m, is not only the largest sub-national contest but the last important state vote before the presidential election in July 2006. So it was closely watched for pointers to Mexico's political future.
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