PMP-UNO and Erap---withdrawing from the race in favor of Manny Villar?

What has been left in the fertile minds of people is the fact that in a one-on-one fight, Noynoy Aquino will beat Nacionalista party bet Manny Villar. That was the result of the survey commissioned by Cong. Ronnie Zamora, an ardent supporter of Villar. And its an SWS survey, not one bought from Quiapo.

Now, what has been totally revelatory was this---in all configurations, whether its a four-or a five-man battle, Noynoy Aquino would still emerge a winner. 

What the Villar camp hopes to do is convince former president Joseph Estrada to withdraw from the race and just endorse Manny Villar as his president. One of Villar's closest associates is in fact actively taking part in the negotiations.

I doubt if the Villar camp would be successful, what with that "brief trip to destiny" made by Erap yesterday. Erap was invited by the palace to join the National Security Council (NSC) meeting and it was evident that Erap enjoyed that brief moment.

What is being talked about in coffee shops and even in barber shops, is this---Erap would endorse his kumpadre, Manny Villar and Binay will go to the Liberal party and endorse Noynoy.

Question---will all of Erap's grassroots supporters shift to Villar? No. I was privy to talks with numerous groups in PMP-UNO and the consensus is, should this happen, most of them will go with Noynoy Aquino.

Now, what would happen should the PMP-UNO group breaks up? What will happen to the senatorial candidates under the PMP-UNO slate?

This will befuddle the political pond and obfuscate the possibility of victory of certain candidates, particularly those bearing political brand names.