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The five leading candidates all have very different ideas about this. egypt is at a crossroads, and the five candidates can really be broken up into two groups. there are islamists, mostly led by the muslim brotherhood and there are secular candidates allied with the former regime, and depending on who egyptians choose, either the muslim brotherhood and islamists or members of the foreign regime, it will set a very different tone for not only egypt but the entire region. >> richard, since there's no new constitution why are we so sure the president will have the power that -- it's the assumpti...

Democratic election since the fall of hosni mubarak early last year. egypt has about 5,000 years of recorded history. this is the land of the fair roes and later sultans and kings and not one day of those 5,000 years was democratic, and this is a fact that is not lost on egyptians. look at one of the main newspaper headlines today. this is the newspaper that means "the news" it's a daily paper here that says equals the futur egypt. clearly, this is an important day, but you have to look at what's going on. this is not just about a democratic process that allows people to express themselves. th...

Next month. the winner of that runoff election between the top two candidates will shortly after that become the president of this country. the president will then oversee the process of writing a new constitution. and if the muslim brotherhood gains the presidency, the muslim brotherhood here already controls the parment. it will be in a very strong position to oversee how that constitution is written. if it is a secular candidate, someone associated with the former regime, then they'll be a lot more debate, potential in-fighting over how the constitution is written. once this election takes ...