Is Cristina Kirchner is running for president?

CFK has just announced that she has asked Alberto Fernandez to run for president and she will run as his vice president.

This has come as quite a surprise to most people and one wonders if it's influenced by the impending trial and also how the government feels about it. Relief?

https://www.clarin.com/politica/crist…_ZUIVL96uL.html

And here's Alberto Fernandez in December 2015, saying that CFK had lost touch with reality and other hard hitting criticisms.

Politicians, eh? Don't you just love them?

Clearly she wears the trousers in their relationship.

I accidentally posted in the wrong thread:

Splinter

I think she's been weakened, actually and this could be seen as a victory for Macri.

Don't forget that the supreme court issued the trial statement on Thursday after Wednesday's no-trial fiasco, which is precisely the day when she is alleged to have told Albert to be on the ticket as presidential candidate. I think she always knew this would go to trial, so this may have been her only option.

Serafina

Unless she know there is something onto Alberto and she will take his place, once they win.

If they don't win, she doesn't lose twice in a row. If they win, she will find a way to get to the first place anyway.

I can't believe she is playing not to be number 1. That's not something her character would do.

Splinter

You mean, pull the strings in the background?

That would be her ideal situation as VP.

Splinter

What she has on Albert is that he's a c**t and would stab anyone in the back, but he appears to be pliable. She is a dominatrix after all.

Yes, that's the perfect solution.

Serafina

If her party loses, it is not HER loss and can blame Alberto.

If her party wins, she can pull the strings in the background AND eventually stab him in the back if she wants to become #1 again (and maybe pin his death on the opposite party)

To be honest, I'm flummoxed by this, as are most political commentators.

If she had chosen to run as president, I don't think there would have been much argument. But Alberto Fernandez has zero projection, even less charisma than Macri (if that were even possible) and has turned on CFK on numerous occasions, especially after the Julio Cobos affair when he (Cobos) took the casting vote against her as president of the senate.

Fernandez was a very vocal critic of her and he's an unknown in the popularity stakes.

Quote from GlasgowJohn

Only the president can pardon the vice president....

Alberto , you know what you have to do!!!

Aha!

I see your thinking there, GlasgowJohn

Fair point, but surely you can only be pardoned for a crime you were actually convicted of?

A deal with whom?

I can't imagine a deal with Macri, unless he was absolutely 100% sure that he'd win without her in the running. Besides, that little nest of vipers would do almost anything to get back in power, save doing a deal with with Mauricio, whom she loathes.