I’m far from an expert on Iran but I have to ask a question that I think may have been overlooked in the frenzy of election fallout. What is the end game here?

On another level I’m asking what do Mousavi and his supporters want because that it likely the key to how this will play itself out. And finally, on its most basic level, the question is: will Mousavi press his demands even if it places him in direct conflict with the Ayatollah?

In 1989 the Iranian regime put a contract on Salman Rushdie’s head because  he wrote a book. In 2009 millions of Iranians took to the streets to with freedom of speech as a prominent demand. Progress, perhaps.

If there was any question about whether the ripple effects of the Obama election are still being felt take a look at this year’s mayoral race in Atlanta.