Bloggers discuss Pervez Musharraf's possible political arrangement with his old antagonist, John Edwards' shabby car talk, and the legacy of Hilly Kristal of CBGB.

Bhuttocracy: Talk in Pakistan is of a possible power-sharing deal between current President Pervez Musharraf and exiled former prime minister and opposition leader Benazir Bhutto. If the rumors are right, Musharraf would step down as the head of Pakistan's army and serve another term as a strictly civilian president, pending his re-election this fall. Bloggers assess this unexpected contingency.

Conservative Philip Klein at the American Spectator's AmSpecBlog writes: "From a U.S. policy perspective, this could avoid the worst case scenario of Musharraf losing power, but it reinforces how vulnerable he actually is. What worries me is that it seems that U.S. policy toward Pakistan has been entirely built around Musharraf, but it's increasingly important to begin to think of strategies for dealing with the country in a post-Musharaff era. He may hang on for now, but he won't be there forever."

CHUQ at the grab bag Studies and Observations argues that Bhutto's play is for total control of Pakistan: "Think about this! Bhutto wants Musharaff to give up his control of the army, the only thing that keeps him in power, other than the US. Bhutto is leery of the army because her father was PM he was killed by an army coup. She just wants to cover her butt. Right? I say not really, she wants Musharraf to be weakened and she will make her move to seize complete control of the government."

At the subcontinental blog Sepia Mutiny, amardeep posits: "Musharraf realizes that neither Sharif nor Bhutto are likely to beat him in an open election, especially if he pits one against the other and the opposition parties are divided. By seeming to give away power, he stands to gain the stamp of democratic respectability on the world stage. That would mean at least five more years in power, and no more whining from Benazir Bhutto about this and that."

"It may seem odd to say that ending military leadership is bad for democracy," suggests Kamran Nazeer at the Guardian's Comment is Free. "However, the advantage of having the general-as-president is that he is less dependent on traditional party politics. That model of politics is tribal and feudal, whereby power is transmitted from the people to political leaders through major landowners, industrialists and imams. The great hope that Musharraf manifested for a while, when he first came to power, was that he was going to wreck this structure."

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Eco-weenie, heal thyself:  Stating that America is the "worst polluter on the planet," John Edwards told a labor group Tuesday that Americans are "going to have to change" and give up SUVs. Just don't ask Edwards to sacrifice his 28,000 square-foot house or his Chrysler Pacifica. "I have no apologies whatsoever for what I've done with my life," he said. This one's just too easy.

Democratic presidential blogger Ben Smith at Politico explains: "All the candidates ride around, particularly in Iowa, in big cars — Hillary rode an 18-wheeler; Obama rented an RV; and Edwards, whose convoy is often mini-van centric, had this Cadillac SRX Crossover (15 mpg) beside him in Iowa on his arrival from announcing his candidacy for president in New Orleans, according to his Flickr stream."

Law prof Glenn Reynolds at InstaPundit calls a photo of the Edwards estate with at least four SUVs outside "pretty damning," and he quotes fellow legal eagle Professor Bainbridge: "Does this remind anybody else of Ted Kennedy's simultaneous support for renewable energy and opposition to the wind farm proposed to be built near his Massachusetts home? It's a particularly nasty form of NIMBYism when you have the power to force others to make sacrifices you aren't willing to make."