Moses can't do anything on his own is not in dispute here. He is not God....and he has no cultist following BTW. Granger is no God either and he cannot win an election on his own. Two things have changed recently:
- Indians are more comfortable with the PNC
- A lot of Blacks would not have voted if theydid not see a chance of the PPP being out.
Now add those two things up and see what caused them.
So why "Magic Moses"?
If the Linden faction of the PNC decided to continue their war with Granger would this have happened? NO!
If Granger decided that he preferred Moses to stay outside and split the Indian vote, allowing him to be a minority gov't, but at least not having to give up any seats or cabinet positions, would it have happened? NO!
We can debate as to why Moses went to Granger demanding to be the Presidential candidate in the coalition, or else, and then left being the PM candidate with a more defined role that PMs have had in Guyana post the Burnham constitution.
The fact remains that there are a whole number of factors beyond Moses which will determine whether this experiment will work.