Behind The Scene Efforts To Oust Mubarak

New York Times:

The Obama administration is discussing with Egytpian officials[…] a plan in which Mr. Suleiman, backed by Lt. Gen. Sami Enan, chief of the Egyptian armed forces, and Field Marshal Mohamed Tantawi, the defense minister, would immediately begin a process of constitutional reform.

The very fact that those names were mentioned by the New York Times (Sleiman, Enan, Tantawi) is a sign that Mubarak is no longer in control. If he were still in charge, those heads would have rolled in the most humiliating way possible. But back to the Times article, here’s my favorite paragraph:

“What they’re asking cannot be done,” one senior Egyptian official said, citing clauses in the Egyptian Constitution that bar the vice president from assuming power. Under the Constitution, the speaker of Parliament would succeed the president. “That’s my technical answer,” the official added. “My political answer is they should mind their own business.”

Pure gold..