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Looks like Mubarak heard Condi’s message loud and clear. Tigerhawk has a nice round-up. Apparently Mubarak doesn’t think the US or the Egyptian people will stand for a completely farcical election as I opined a few days back.

I doubt the election will be free, but that Mubarak moved at all is a big step. The opposition and the US need to keep the pressure on Egypt to release their political prisoners and to hold truly free elections. Mubarak can see the change in sentiment throughout the Arab street and he is scared. However, I doubt he will allow any election he is not guaranteed to win.

The question then becomes: Will the Egyptian people stand for a fake election when the Iraqis and, hopefully, the Lebanese didn’t have to?