Uppity Wisconsin

I have been telling a serialized story about Egyptian politics recently, and my friend noemie maxwell, over at the Washblog, left a comment that suggested to me that I had “buried the lead” during the Part One and Part Two conversations. We’ve been hinting at Joe Biden’s comments about inevitable challenges to the incoming Obama Administration, as well as describing political repression and the Constitutionalization of a “forever” political majority...but what we haven’t been talking about is why all of this, specifically, is important to US interests—and what a problem Big Trouble in Egypt could be for a new Administration. Today, that’s an oversight we’re going to fix....and as a result, we won’t be resolving the cliffhanger that ended Part Two until Part Four. So hop in the car, Gentle Reader, because we have a long ride ahead. Let’s get this conversation started by answering the title question...why does Egypt pose such a significant potential challenge for US foreign policy?

An interesting article today from The Hill speculates that the new head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee could be our own  senator, Russ Feingold. Sounds good to us.