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 CHIHUAHUA, Mexico (AP) - Presidential candidate Felipe Calderon was barely off the jetway when a mariachi band filled this desert city's tiny airport with trumpet-blaring ballads and dozens of political supporters converged on the scene.
"Felipe! Felipe!" they cried.
Gaining momentum in the latest polls, Calderon represents the pro-business National Action Party, which President Vicente Fox took to victory in 2000. But whether he can connect with a majority of everyday Mexicans — and muster the contagious charisma that was Fox's specialty — remains to be seen.
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