Lula may face a second round

October 02, 2006

Until two weeks ago, former factory worker Lula had been cruising to re-election with polls showing he would take an absolute majority in the first round against seven other candidates, thus avoiding a two-horse second round. But revelations that his campaign staff tried to buy information for a smear campaign against his main challenger Geraldo Alckmin gave a lackluster opposition new ammunition.