He said the Nineties might see a Democrat in the White House, but that had more to do with bad campaigning by the Republicans than it did with a leftwardshift in the body politic.
Whether policy experts believe that Mauricio Funes and the FMLN will do their best to follow the Chavez model or they accept Funes as a moderate, the political climate in El Salvador does not lend itself to a strong leftwardshift.