Over breakfast at an upscale Mexico City restaurant, Senator Xóchitl Gálvez struggled to get a word in amid the stream of interruptions as well-wishers came to shake her hand, pleading with her to run for higher office.
Such shows of enthusiasm are rare these days for politicians in Mexico’s seemingly soulless opposition. But since she announced a bid for the presidency last month, the excitement around Gálvez has risen to fever pitch: a poll published on Wednesday by El Financiero newspaper showed the senator within striking distance of the governing party’s leading candidates.
