Those people on the street do not believe you're the answer, but you have an opportunity to convince them you are a temporary answer.
John B. King Jr.
The Public Record
What they're tonight is because that speech was so vague and because it was so defiant, President Mubarak's tone was so defiant, that nobody on the streets of Cairo trusts him tonight, and I can tell you this, no one at the White House or…
They believe that the big choice today will not be made by the president or the vice president, it will be made by the army.
Mr. Vice President, Mr. Suleiman, our long-time friend, you have a chance to put your place in the history books by being a transitional figure to a democracy.
The administration believes... they have a growing belief that President Mubarak is more isolated, that the army has made the decision it will not allow the violence to continue.
The question is, can there be a soft landing? He is a proud man. He is a stubborn man.
The administration wants President Mubarak to go. They want him to go within days, not weeks or months.
They don't think President Mubarak will make the right choice. They think it has to be forced upon him by his vice president and to his military.
They are deeply concerned the longer this plays out, it becomes more radical inside Egypt and becomes more disruptive throughout the region.
The administration has reached a calculation that Hosni Mubarak may be the last one to realize it, but that his country no longer belongs to him.
You need to make a choice here. And the administration is frankly troubled by the choice of the past 10 to 15 hours.
The administration wants him to leave. They're not saying that quite publicly; but privately, they want him to leave. They're conveying that message.
If there are huge numbers of people in the streets, how does the army react? And does the army then go to the president and say, 'Mr. Mubarak, you need to go'? That could be the key moment.
They hope, Anderson, that President Mubarak will get the message, turn to his Vice President and his military chief and negotiate a transitional government that brings in Mr. ElBaradei, brings in some other people from the demonstrations…
What they do fear though, is because there are no other democratic institutions, no other political parties have been allowed to form and grow, that if you did this tomorrow, if you did this in two weeks, then what would happen?
If they don't see more outreach, more democratic reform, more communications and dialogue with the protesters immediately, they're going to reconsider U.S. aid.
If they don't see those steps within the next 24 hours or so, when he reorganizes the government, they have a big, huge question as to whether President Mubarak can survive.
If Republicans have a good night and there's a wave and they sweep these other toss-ups, watch Nevada.
It's a dramatic night Anderson; the primary season closing out with some more stunning upsets, more evidence that the Tea Party and the rest of the conservatives on the right is sending a message to their party.
What it has been so far through this primary season is a dramatic soul-searching for the Republican Party.
It's pretty clear the American people blame both parties for the economic mess.
More bad economic news today, a flat line on the unemployment rate, 60 percent or more of the American people think the country is heading in the wrong direction and history tells you that spells a bad year for the incumbent party.
The Republicans need a net gain of 10 to take control of the United States Senate.





