These guys have to be licking their chops, they have a hole a mile wide, all they have to do is run through it.

(MSNBC)– Mohamed el-Katatni, former leader of the parliamentary bloc of the banned Muslim Brotherhood, says Egyptians have achieved the main goal of their popular uprising.

“I salute the Egyptian people and the martyrs,” el-Katatni tells Reuters. “This is the day of victory for the Egyptian people.”

With Hosni Mubarak stepping down, many observers wonder if the Muslim Brotherhood could be poised take on a bigger role in the country.

Even though the Brotherhood has been hammered by state security over the years, it remains a formidable force in Egyptian life.

But just how formidable is an open question. Analysts tend to put its support among the population anywhere between 20 and 40 percent, but no one knows for certain because there have been no free elections and reliable opinion polls.