[T]he pace of the developments and the slogans being chanted yesterday by the thousands of demonstrators demanding the removal of Lahoud could deny Assad even that little amount of time. If he waits until May's elections, the new parliament could still amend the constitution or even throw out Lahoud... these are the twilight days of the Syrian political control over Lebanon. The next question will be whether the Syrian establishment will seek to punish the young president for losing Lebanon.