The gradual erosion of support for the Colorado Party of President Jorge Batlle, and its parliamentary ally until recently, the conservative National Party, has been accelerated by economic calamity.
An independent electoral body has called the race for the conservative national action party candidate, Felipe Calderon.
So Mr Zelaya needs the backing of the conservative National Party, whose presidential candidate is leading in the polls.
Fox, a former Coca-Cola executive, won Mexico's presidency last year as the candidate of the conservative National Action Party.
It has an interest in ensuring that his conservative National Action Party has little to show the voters in a congressional election next year.
The conservative National Action Party, which has held the presidency since 2000, is flagging in the opinion polls, and its younger members are restless.
Leftist parties accuse the PRI of being in league with Calderon's conservative National Action Party (PAN), and they hope to pick up disgruntled voters in coming elections.
Now, this is perhaps the toughest test so far because there is one point separating Mr. Calderon, from the Conservative National Election Party, and Mr. Lopez Obrador, from the leftist Party of the Democratic Revolution.
Carlos Larrain, head of the conservative National Renewal party, said a Bachelet candidacy "will be healthy for the system" by giving voters a choice between the social welfare policies of her previous term and those of Pinera's right-of-center government.
The conservative National Action Party has been less critical, but was expected to propose, late this week, a compromise that the government might accept: turn most of the bonds into public debt, but put some of the cost of the bail-out back on to the banks.
The conservative national party (Zelaya's opponents who he barely beat in 2005) is in a very strong position heading into the general election campaign which will be held on November 29, 2009 but has already began in earnest (Honduras has one of the longest election seasons in Latin America).
But supporters of the plan have hit back, with over 50 Conservative activists, including constituency chairmen, the chair of Conservative Future - the party's section for under 30s - and the chair of the National Conservative Convention - which leads the party's grassroots work - urging MPs to listen to the "wider views" of voters.
Nor is The Economist's study good news for the national prospects of the Conservative Party.
The conservative Grand National Party draws much of its support from the country's older voters.
Palmer had been the leading donor to the conservative Liberal National Party which governs Queensland and is part of the federal opposition.
Republicans put high priority on her defeat in 2010, and her race drew considerable money and advertising from conservative groups and the national Republican Party.
Mexico's conservative opposition, the National Action Party, largely favors a broader opening of the energy business to private investment, while the leftist Party of the Democratic Revolution has proposed a more limited opening for areas like refining.
There is political support for these projects, bolstered by a national election in Canada that reelected a Conservative Party government.
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He casts himself as a moderate and emphasises his independence from the national Republican party, which is far too conservative for Massachusetts voters.
Mr Knowles said Mr Nichols had made it clear he did not have a problem with the Conservative Party in Waverley but with national policies.
Mr Nichols said the Conservative Party had not tackled the national debt, major issues in health and education or limited the size of the "bloated" state.
The day after the student protest, as the broken glass was still being swept up outside Conservative party headquarters, the leader of the National Union of Students warned a gathering of university staff that there would have to be a "consumer revolution" in higher education if the fees increase goes ahead.
Conservative Alexis McEvoy criticised her own party's national leadership after losing her South Waterside seat to Mr Fawkes.
Many well-off Catholic businessmen back the right-wing National Action Party, several of whose leaders are linked with the conservative wing of the church.
And when I describe him as Welsh party leader rather than leader of the Conservative group in the National Assembly, I do so with Mr Cameron's blessing, I think.
Seven political parties plus independents are vying for votes - Conservative, Labour, Liberal Democrat, UK Independence Party, British National Party, The Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts and the British Democrat Party.
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The Labour Party has attacked Conservative plans to allow young people to opt out of the National Insurance system.
Mrs Jebb has revelled in her role as a leading voice of opposition to the Conservative administration in the county, but is equally proud that her party is in national government.
He plans to instil new discipline in the party by creating a national membership list for the first time, and giving the Conservative leadership the power to ditch embarrassing candidates, even if they have local backing.
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