It's a neck-and-neck race for VP

I voted for Bayani too, despite the unceasing campaigning by my relatives for Mar.:-) I heard that too. I think though that Binay was making full use of his unique position in history. Among the candidates, he is the only one who can say that he was close to Cory. At the same time he is using the powerful appeal of Erap to the masses. He was not making any of that up, but was merely taking full advantage of the situation. I am curious too how we will fare if the president and the vice-president are on the same side.

Me too, the margin is so small and the votes uncounted is still more than enough to swing the votes. Both candidates are acceptable to me even though I voted for Bayani. I am just worried about all the violence I see in the news. I do hope that this is over soon.

I could just imagine if Binay would be overtaken if the uncounted votes are the ones favorable with Roxas. From the very start, he leaded the counts and will just be overtaken by the remaining counts. I think Binay would call it foul. That is why Comelec should be very careful now that the margin is very delicate at the moment. The public is already conditioned that Binay is leading and if they found our the final counts favor Roxas would cast some doubts already as to how that happened.

That's true, that is why the Comelec has stopped announcing their results and have stepped behind the defense that it is Congress who will declare the winner. I am pretty sure these two camps know who is the real winner and are both putting up a brave front. I would have admired if one of them stepped up and conceded so that the public's trust in elections will be regained. Sadly, none of them are gentlemen enough to admit loss.

I am not really particular about these two candidates. I neither dislike them or like them. Both have their respective strengths that they can bring to the table.

Hello tigeraunt! Me too, I voted for Bayani because of his political will. I am from Marikina so I saw how he transformed this city. Plus, I really saw him work during Ondoy. I saw him personally going around inspecting the work of his people. I can stomach either Mar or Binay as VP, although Mar looks better especially on TV. Since we might have a president with a thinning hairline, might be better if our VP looks good, otherwise the international community might think we are a nation of ugly politicians. :-)

I have to agree that we need our leaders to be on the same page so that we can move into the next century. It seems that Roxas and Noynoy's platforms are the same. I also admired the way he stepped down from the race to give way to Noynoy and his willingness to work hard on Noynoy's campaign when he was under attack by Villar's camp. Although of course, we do not know if Binay's platform will not work with Noynoy.

who is mark? mar rather.. h aha lol

kakatuwa kayo!

Oh, I thought you were running for office too. :-)

Me too, I decided to buck the trend and vote for the one I know can make the difference. Sadly, he did not make it, but it's okay, at least I voted with my conscience. :-) The reason for Binay's surge has been the subject of a lot of speculation. Personally it was a combination of Mar's complacence in his numbers and Binay's solid groundwork. I have to admire his networking, it really boosted his numbers at the right time. One positive effect of the neck-and-neck race is that the Comelec will have to be very careful in counting each vote.

That's true. I admired his supreme sacrifice of stepping aside in favor of Noynoy even though he was all set to run. I agree that he and Noynoy seem to good friends which to me is important if they are to lead us out of this mess. I am not too keen also of Binay's alliance with Erap because I have never liked Erap.