Finally the Congress candidate will be decided by the regional parties. Pranab Mukherjee is mainly to plaese the Leftists whose Somnath is already fancying as the consensus man for the top seat. Patil, Shinde and Karan Singh or vora are harmless yes men and do a courtiers role anywhere. So Sonia can also add Oscar Fernandez as the most pliant man to the Presidency to this list.
