A three-man constitutional council. .. maybe in the wings in Egypt

[Ichingcarpenter]

The White House says it is in discussions with Egyptian figures on an orderly transfer of power from Mr Mubarak. Press reports say one option is that the president resigns immediately and hands over power to a three-man constitutional council.

US officials haven't denied this, but they stress many different options are being considered and that all decisions must be made by the Egyptian people. The head of the US military, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen says he has been speaking with his Egyptian counterparts.

Speaking on US TV, he told The Daily Show with John Stewart: "One of my chief goals right now it to make sure we keep the lines of communications open, I have talked to my counterpart a couple of times. And also that we've got our military ready, should any kind of response or support be required."


BBC

[KharmaTrain]

1. One Step At A Time...

First objective is to send Mubarak into exile and the sooner the better.

The people in the Square are no government in waiting and a total house cleaning would create a power vacuum that would only increase the flight of wealth and expertise from the country...the people who would be needed the most to start to build a more democratic country.

The big problem is to control the prices and bring some stability to the country that will enable a transitional government to hold elections and pave the way for a more representative government and leader. This won't happen overnight and the US involvement here has to be done on many levels, privately and allowed to use our economic clout to bring about change.

Sounds like this is what is going on and hopefully in the next couple days we'll see Mubarak and his family get on a plane to whoknowswhere and the first steps towards creating a new government take shape. There aren't many other alternatives...

[hobbit709]

2. historically, triumvirates didn't end well for two out of the three involved