The U.S. stake in Mexico’s political battle

The campaign leading to Mexico's mid-2000 presidential election has stirred up whitecaps on the surface of US-Mexican relations. Grayson predicts that political dynamics in both countries militate against bilateral clashes this year; substantially greater integration of the two economies will occur regardless of who becomes the next chief executive in each country; and illegal flows of narcotics and migrants from Mexico will continue to threaten US vital interests in the next century.