I wonder if the Tunisia experiment is spilling over into the dark side neighbor? Libya seems to be a dark horse for the positive surprise of the decade.
I find Qaddafi (or whatever the spelling du jour) to be one of the more intriguing world leaders today. As I imagine you know, he rose to power at age 27 as a quasi-Marxist firebrand. The point being, he had plenty of 'political evolution' still before him, unlike many world leaders. It seems to me that he's changed considerably during the interim 37 years, and lately he seems to be a curious blend of realpolitik and idealism. That, and he's eccentric as hell..