Who’d be the better President – Poe or Duterte?

Anyone unsure about President Benigno Aquino 3rd’s support for Senator Grace Poe in the presidential race, should have nil doubt now. His Cavite remarks last week obliquely attacking Davao Mayor Rodrigo Duterte showed that Aquino is fine with either Poe or his endorsed presidentiable Mar Roxas winning next month.

Evidently, the administration now fears Duterte more than Vice-President Jejomar Binay, whose ratings dropped in the latest voter preference polls. The VP is still within winning distance, with his formidable nationwide machinery able to translate popularity into votes better than most rivals (see Rigorberto Tiglao’s column yesterday at https://www.manilatimes.net/only-binay-and-roxas-have-electoral-machinery/253878/).