Calderon is holding out the olive branch, and I'm sure offering his opponent and opponents party incentives to let it go and find some type of unification in government. If Obrador keeps his unsubstantiated claims rhetoric, more and more of his supporters will drift from active support until he and a small group of his supporters are all that is left of his place in the party.
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Mexico winner makes unity appeal
Calderon said he wanted to use opposition proposals
Governing party candidate Felipe Calderon has called for unity with his defeated rival, after being formally declared Mexico's president-elect.
He said the country had to be united to defeat its real enemies - poverty, crime and unemployment.
But his opponent Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who lost by less than 1%, alleged widespread fraud, and still refuses to accept defeat.
Mr Calderon will take office on 1 December for a single six-year term.
"I want to again express my recognition of my adversaries," said Mr Calderon in a televised address on Tuesday evening.
"Their proposals, the most worthwhile ones, which are the most legitimate and representative, will be incorporated into my government programme.
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