MEXICO: After Calderon, Who? Handsome, Young Ex-Governor Peña Nieto Is Front-Runner For President.

NYTIMES/ E. Malkin

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Mexico state's handsome outgoing PRI Governor Enrique Peña Nieto, 44, is the early front-runner for the 2012 presidential election campaign.

Twelve months before the next presidential election, Peña Nieto leads in opinion polls with about 40%.

The opposition says frankly of Pena Nieto: “What we are seeing is the return of the worst of the PRI”.