if mubarak were to resign there's a fair point that the vice president doesn't take over, the speaker of parliament takes over who's a real loser, elections are triggered in two months. the only organized group are the muslim brotherhood. the liberal parties don't have time to organize. all the parties banned by mubarak which is non-religious once don't have time, so there's some case to be made for a somewhat more systematic orderly process. it's messy, and it leaves you in the unpalatable position of supporting mubarak temporarily, but i think indeed administration would be wary of a complete hectic move to open elections tomorrow. >> i've been to leave it there. sorry. nick, thank you so much for coming back. it's great to see you back in one piece. >> considering the alternative, it's great to be here. >> and fareed, thank you very much. coming up, why the white house is not going far enough to push out mu bake barrack.