The last thing Mexico needs is for the legitimacy of its next president to be questionable.

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Ixmiquilpan, MEXICO -- We heard about a strange thing when we came to Mexico: an attraction in the country's central region where tourists pay 20 bucks each to pretend they're illegal immigrants and make a run for a "make believe" border.

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Once they reach Mexico, the first thing they are going to do is go to an ATM and draw cash.

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Will the same thing now happen in Mexico?

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And the last thing is unique to Mexico, and that's, it called to mind for a lot of people here July 2000, when Vicente Fox was elected president and displaced the party that had been in power for more than 70 years.

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Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico is a reminder that the worst thing for an investor isn t a weak outlook, but an uncertain one.

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Think about it: Venezuela, Mexico and Iraq are all countries where the only thing standing in the way of a doubling of oil output is political will.

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The same thing happens even to a greater extent for people who literally eat corn - in Mexico in Central America where they eat corn tortillas.

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In Mexico now, the once-common government press conferences presenting high-profile cartel captures seem to be a thing of the past.

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The first thing to hope for is thus that the election should produce a clean and clear winner, relieving Mexico of protracted dispute about the result.

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