The opposition candidate, John Atta Mills of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), appears to have won a slim margin of victory in Ghana's runoff election held last week. Both optimistic and pessimistic observers now hope that the results hold up and that no violence springs up in the wake of the final tally. Place me in the optimist's camp. The social indicators in Ghana bode well and there was little indication before the runoff vote that real trouble was on the horizon.
