Ms Carrio lacks serious policies for government, and would find it hard to engineer any recovery.
ECONOMIST: Argentina's presidency
Argentina's least unpopular politician is now Elisa Carrio, a former Radical turned populist firebrand.
Ms Carrio's withdrawal would help Mr Menem, but might devalue the election.
Polls point to a run-off between Mr Menem and Ms Carrio.
Elisa Carrio, an ex-member of Mr de la Rua's Radical party, had hoped to use the election as a launch-pad for a populist bid for the presidency.
ECONOMIST: Argentina
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