tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22261571.post470316877572962027..comments2024-03-20T01:06:12.181-04:00Comments on MEI Editor's Blog: Tunisia's Presidential Election: Essebsi, Marzouki into RunoffUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22261571.post-29206557326660954252014-11-25T01:00:06.198-05:002014-11-25T01:00:06.198-05:00It also depends on what happens with the PM job: t...It also depends on what happens with the PM job: they need a coalition, and Ennahda would like a national unity government. Essebsi might make a gesture there, not just a promise, before the runoff.<br /><br />I also wonder, though, if older voters may look at Essebsi's age of 87 and remember Bourguiba's final years in office, though Essebsi still seems perfectly lucid.Michael Collins Dunnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07398326467953722017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22261571.post-89688394727053324012014-11-24T18:03:22.215-05:002014-11-24T18:03:22.215-05:00Essebsi would show himself to be a statesman if he...Essebsi would show himself to be a statesman if he were to offer some key cabinet positions to En Nahda. By so doing, he would probably gain heavily in the run off. Maybe I am hoping for too much Tunisian moderation, but it would make En Nahda supporters partners in the hard decisions which the new cabinet will face. David Macknoreply@blogger.com