Muslim Brotherhood supports ElBaradei

But when the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt’s largest opposition group, threw its weight behind that movement in early July, suddenly the numbers ballooned, from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands. The coalition now claims to have more than 300,000 petition signatures, with more than two thirds of them gathered by the Brotherhood.

Of course, those moderate voices who would hope for democratic reform will be disappointed; they are now on record as opposing the Muslim Brotherhood.