… and the protests show little sign of abating. The course of events has slowed slightly since Friday: today’s news centered on by now familiar images of protesters, speculation about what Mubarak and his VP — and other international players — might be doing behind the scenes, and devolution of the protests into sometimes anarchic looting.

The big news of the day is ElBaredei’s rise. He gave an impassioned speech at Tahrir square, and now the Muslim Brotherhood has said it would support him. That makes him seem an increasingly probable successor.