On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 10:30 PM, Bob in Jersey <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> It could also be moot. The fact that he's lived in the NY metro most
> of his life, as all the articles I've seen mention, can come back to
> bite him.

Let's not assume that Haiti, its political system, and electoral norms
are like those in the US and Canada. Haiti traditionally had a tiny
foreign educated elite that ran the whole country. Supposedly the
Aristide election in the early '90s changed the system, but it
obviously hasn't morphed into an open election system as we know it.
Jean might be part of a small reformist party and wants to run to get
a message out or maybe only a small fraction of the electorate
actually votes and they might want somebody who embodies success in US
society.

Tom

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