According to a report on Fox News, Hosni Mubarak has asked his government to step down. Contrary to the first report, he has not resigned himself. Here we go.I am no expert on Egypt, but it is hard to be optimistic about what lies ahead. It is possible a new government (i.e., new faces within the existing political structure) will take office, but revolutionary fervor is not so easily quelled.Outside the military, the most powerful organization in the country is the Muslim Brotherhood, whose tentacles reach far and wide. While the Egyptian military has the capability of seizing power, its ascension would hardly answer the complaints of the demonstrators. Richard Baehr adds:  Mubarak's Egypt may be gone by Monday.   What will follow (if you read Caroline Glick today) , whether Muslim Brotherhood, or the alternative, may be worse as far as the Egyptian-Israeli treaty is concerned. If you want a definition of deer in the headlights, it is Robert Gibbs's press conference on the...(Read Full Post)