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  1. Quoted by @MattSchodcnews, @McClatchyDC: Nothing good coming out of #EgyElections 4 US, "This is about flavors of bad." bit.ly/LBAOIM 5:25 PM May 25th via web
  2. When #Egypt activists call Abolfotoh & Sabahi "rev candidates," are they calling #Jan25 Islamist or pro-land seizure? bit.ly/IU7woC 1:45 PM May 25th via web
  3. @shadihamid Wishful thinking, Shadi. At every point since #Jan25, MB has chosen the theocratic right--bc it's a theocratic organization. 1:17 PM May 25th via web in reply to shadihamid
  4. US-designated terrorist organization al-Gamaa al-Islamiya backs MB presidential candidate Mohamed Morsi: almesryoon.com/permalink/9571… 1:09 PM May 25th via web
  5. I will be on @CNNSitRoom at 5:15 PM EST, talking about #EgyElections and MB candidate Mohamed Morsi 12:58 PM May 25th via web
  6. @DavidKenner No rulebook--just a matter of tact. We're 6000 miles away and should be cognizant of our role. 11:26 AM May 25th via web in reply to DavidKenner
  7. To Americans watching #EgyElections: Our job is to analyze consequences for US, not stump for any candidate, bc all maj candidates anti-dem. 11:14 AM May 25th via web
  8. @evanchill If new protests are likely, it's bc #Egypt's protesters have demonstrated their inability to do anything other than protest. 11:02 AM May 25th via web in reply to evanchill
  9. Time to stop talking about "dem" in #Egypt. Choice was among theocrats, autocrats, and a Nasserist (forced land re-distribution, anyone?). 10:57 AM May 25th via web
  10. @Sandmonkey The Abouel Fotouh party exists: it's al-Tayyar al-Masry (comprised mostly of ex-MBs who oppose MB ldrshp, but still Islamist). 10:44 AM May 25th via web in reply to Sandmonkey
  11. If Morsi becomes the MB's standard-bearer, will be impossible to call the MB 'moderate'; he's the MB's anti-moderate: tnr.com/article/world/… 8:04 AM May 25th via web
  12. @stevenacook Not true. @Samueltadros has been predicting Morsi-Shafik all along. 6:12 AM May 25th via Twitter for Android in reply to stevenacook
  13. Whether Shafik or Morsi wins, expect another MB-SCAF deal. #EgyElections 5:27 AM May 25th via Twitter for Android
  14. In Salafist stronghold of Alexandria, Nasserist Sabahi leads Salafist-backed Abouel Fotouh--affirming that the Salafists aren't organized. 3:58 PM May 24th via web
  15. Results of Egypt's uprising won't be Iran 1979 or E. Europe 1989, but Pakistan 1999: powerful mil that can intervene politically at will. 3:42 PM May 24th via web
  16. #EgyElections matter, but not as much as one might think. Next president's pwrs undefined; military still holds weapons, 15-40% of economy. 3:40 PM May 24th via web
  • Name Eric Trager
  • Location Washington, DC
  • Web http://www.erictr...
  • Bio Next Generation Fellow @ The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, www.erictrager.org
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