(24 Oct 2007) SHOTLIST
Buenos Aires, 17 October 2007
1. Presidential Candidate Elisa Carrio walking on stage
2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Elisa Carrio, Presidential candidate:
"It necessary to face the possibility of an heroic defeat to get a great victory."
3. Cutaway of screen with Carrio's name on it
4. Various of Carrio with supporters
5. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Elisa Carrio, Presidential candidate:
"We all have to get to the presidency, all the argentine honest, ethical, republican people, otherwise we will have to stay with corruption, authoritarianism and venality."
Buenos Aires, 19 October 2007
6. Sociologist and Political analyst Doris Capurro at her desk
7. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Doris Capurro, political analyst:
"Lilita (Elisa) Carrio found her political space in the 'denunciation' which is a place that always will have importance in a society where there are always pending issues with justice. Thus she is considered to be a fighter and a person who fights for certain values. However, all this is not sufficient for her to be considered a leader who would be able to govern."
FILE- Buenos Aires - September 2007
8. Various of presidential candidate and former Economy Minister Roberto Lavagna holding a news conference in his office
Buenos Aires, 17 October 2007
9. Various of Roberto Lavagna campaigning in Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, 23 October 2007
10. Political analyst Gustavo Martinez Pandiani sitting at his desk
11. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Gustavo Martinez Pandiani, Political analyst :
"He (Lavagna) is not considered charismatic and it is hard for him to build an image of someone who is visible to the people, and who could represent a valid alternative for a lot of people. "
Buenos Aires, 12 October 2007
12. Various of Roberto Lavagna
Buenos Aires, 23 October 2007
13. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Gustavo Martinez Pandiani, political analyst:
"One of the reasons which plays on favour of the government's triumph is the bad performance of the opposition. The merits of the government have been helped by the failure of the opposition to form a real power alternative and finally, unwillingly, has worked for the government's plans."
FILE- Buenos Aires- September 2007
14. Various of Alberto Rodriguez Saa launching campaign
FILE- Buenos Aires 2003
15. Various of Ricardo Lopez Murphy voting at previous presidential elections
STORYLINE:
Ahead of Sunday's election, leading candidate and first Lady Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is poised in the polls to beat 12 rivals for her husband's post.
According to recent polls none of the opposition candidates for the Presidential elections stand a chance in beating the First Lady.
And pollsters predict Fernandez will seize an outright victory without need of a second round.
The slender hope of opposition candidates, led by ex-Congresswoman Elisa Carrio on the left and former Economy Minister Roberto Lavagna on the right, is to trigger a runoff by collectively dragging Fernandez below 40 percent.
But Fernandez had 44 percent support to Carrio's 15 and Lavagna's 13 in a recent nationwide poll by respected independent pollster Ricardo Rouvier, with the rest undecided or choosing one of 10 other candidates.
Elisa Carrio, a leftist independent and former House deputy, promises to enact "clean government" after years of corruption scandals, some of which happened on Kirchner's watch.
Last week Carrio likened her campaign to the Bible's most famous underdog, saying: "We celebrate the fact that we are David, not Goliath."
"However, all this is not sufficient for her to be considered a leader who would be able to govern," she added.
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