IRAN UPDATE - AT 10:31 P.M. ET:  There weren't any definitive developments in the Iran crisis today.  There were some demonstrations in the country, but they were smaller and less violent than Saturday's.  Some analysts have pointed out that the revolution of 1979 took months to develop.

They key, of course, is whether the demonstrations will continue this week, and whether the general strike that has been called by dissidents will actually occur on Tuesday.  The protesters are getting no great help from the outside.

The administration issued no new statements.  The Sunday talk shows were filled with Democrats defending Obama's cautious stand, and Republicans criticizing it for being too soft.

We await the new week.  Will the uprising deepen, or disappear?  If it deepens, will the U.S. feel compelled to step up its rhetoric?  If it disappears, how will Obama sit down, with any self-respect, with the people who put down the resistance?

Even the in-the-tank press might want to know.

June 21, 2009