Grayson says this bodes well for Mr.Calderon and the ruling National Action Party,or PAN, in the July 5th mid-term elections.

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A recent poll in Mexico shows that 52 percent of Mexicans would support the comeback of the PRI party, after 12 years of rule by Mr.Calderon's National Action Party.

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The National Action Party (PAN) candidate is trailing in the polls and had appeared to be distancing herself from Calderon.

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Mexico's conservative opposition, the National Action Party, largely favors a broader opening of the energy business to private investment, while the leftist Party of the Democratic Revolution has proposed a more limited opening for areas like refining.

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Whoever succeeds Turkes at the head of the National Action Party must win not only the trust of a potentially unruly following, but also the sympathy of loyalists to Turkes, who fill senior posts in several ministries.

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