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He is the one calling for an end to the violence and "free and fair" elections.

As for being a crony, Ol' Morgan joined Mugabe's Zanu-PF party back around the time that the country gained independence from colonial rule. At that time Robbo Mugabe was considered the good guy, and the evil white land owners that refused to give blacks the vote were the villains. Mugabe has long liked to use violence to quash perceived rebellion, while Tsvangirai claims to have voiced regret for the many times the government of Zimbabwe has massacred it's people. It was after a spate of such actions that Tsvangirai and some others broke away to form an opposition party.

Tsvangirai is also a trade unionist, which while bad in US, out here in the Commie-lands means a vote in his favour.

Oh and anecdotally, the people I've met from Zimbabwe living in exile like Tsvangirai better, what with not seeing him as the guy that drove them from their homes and family.