Egypt crisis tests opposition ahead of key votes

By Hamza Hendawi

Published December 6, 2012 9:47pm ET

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Egypt crisis tests opposition ahead of key votes — An Egyptian Army tank deploys outside the presidential palace, in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012. The Egyptian army sealed off the presidential palace with barbed wire and armored vehicles Thursday as protesters defied a deadline to vacate the area, pressing forward with demands that Islamist leader Mohammed Morsi rescind decrees giving himself near-absolute power and withdraw a disputed draft constitution.(AP Photo/Hassan Ammar) | Hassan Ammar

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s latest political crisis over a disputed constitution is posing a difficult test for the mostly secular opposition: Can it maintain its new-found unity and achieve anything beyond bringing large crowds out into the streets to protest?

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