but if it can compete and if you elect the mayor -- aswan, then he'll have to get water through the pipes, he'll have to make it work. my bet is he won't and the party will do worse. >> fareed, the key question is has president obama made the right moves here? are we right to keep mubarak in place for this orderly as it can be transition? is this the way to make it work for everybody? or some senators are breaking ranks. i speak to one senator later in the show, he says mubarak should go right now. what do you think? >> i think at the end of the day, the administration is handling it roughly right. they made a few mistakes on the tactical issues. they're trying to push a process of change, but not one that's so fast or chaotic that it produces results we don't want. there is a fair point which is, the vice president doesn't take over under the egyptian