Quote of the Day

A presidential election must be held within 30 days if Chavez is gone... The regime is already preparing a false-reform ‘dawn’ that will try to bolster its chances. They will release all political prisoners, they will invite back some exiles, and they will loosen some controls. But in reality it will be all be for show.

-- Thor Halvorssen, head of the New York-based Human Rights Foundation on what will happen in the event Hugo Chavez dies soon, National Review, 12/10/12