From The Wall Street Journal:
BANGKOK -- Ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra's grip on Thai politics -- and the instability it provoked -- eased on Monday with parliament's election of a new prime minister from a rival party.
The rise of 44-year-old Abhisit Vejjajiva, the Oxford-educated leader of the Democrat Party, could bring some calm after months of sometimes-violent protests that have undermined one of Southeast Asia's linchpin economies.
But Mr. Abhisit faces significant political and economic hurdles. His new ruling coalition's slim majority depends on the support of defectors he lured from Mr. Thaksin's camp, which still controls the single largest party in parliament. Grass-roots support for Mr. Thaksin and his populist policies runs deep in rural Thailand, and Mr. Abhisit's election was greeted by public protests by Thaksin supporters.
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