Felipe Calderon greets supporters in Zacatecas. A year ago, nobody outside his National Action Party considered him a presidential contender, but he is now in a neck-and-neck race. (Dario Lopez-Mills / AP)
Felipe Calderon, Mexican presidential candidate for the center-right National Action Party (Partido Accion Nacional) works the crowd upon arriving at a campaign rally on Thursday, June 22, 2006 in Ensenada, Mexico. The rally was Calderon’s closing event in the state of Baja California. (David Maung / AP)
Felipe Calderon, Mexican presidential candidate for the center-right National Action Party (Partido Accion Nacional) waves to a group of people onstage during a campaign rally on Thursday, June 22, 2006 in Ensenada, Mexico. (David Maung / AP)