To be fair, this Washington Post article, though perhaps technically correct due to a likely fortuitous use of the past tense, does really seem to imply that Jose Valera was Fortuyn's successor at the time of the election. This is days after The American Prowler, nee American Spectator, commits a similar if more overt goof mentioned here.
Tonight, Fortuyn's name remained on countless lips. "I'm sure Pim is looking down on us," said Joao Varela, a 27-year-old economist who was the No. 2 candidate on the Fortuyn party lineup.
[Sent in by W.P., who has a horse in this one.]
[UPDATE: Actually, I was never certain if The Prowler had goofed or if events had just overtaken them.]
