In 2012 Mexico will elect a new president who will need to decide whether to continue the crackdown on the country's drug cartels.<br /><br />Current president Felipe Calderon is under pressure with no end in sight to the rising violence. <br /><br />He has complained of being "misunderstood" over his battle with cartels and says he has the majority of the people's support although "perhaps silently".<br /><br />But is there a way out and after nearly five years of the policy what, if any, are the alternatives for Calderon's successor? <br /><br />Al Jazeera's Lucia Newman reports.
