Despite Numerous Setbacks, Mexico's 'Legitimate President' Persists

GUADALAJARA, Mexico -- A year after losing Mexico's contested presidential election, runner up Andrés Manuel López Obrador has largely fallen out of view and it's unclear whether he can stage a comeback. But he can certainly still draw a crowd.

Last month, on the eve of the one-year anniversary of the vote he narrowly lost, López Obrador beckoned his followers to Mexico City's enormous Zocalo (town square) for a rally, where the self-proclaimed "legitimate president of Mexico" once again branded the election fraudulent, invoked a new theory to explain his defeat and railed against proposed economic reforms. He also promoted a new book spelling out the story behind the unfavorable election results titled: "The Mafia Stole the Presidency from Us." Most notably, he reiterated a call for "zero negotiations" between his left-leaning Democratic Revolution Party, or PRD, and President Felipe Calderón, whose government the electoral runner up repeatedly refers to as "spurious" and "illegitimate." ...