The Brotherhood has failed to get results in parliament, where its lawmakers have been "cocky" toward liberal forces, he said, and also failed to realize just how deep the military's influence runs through Egypt's intelligence and security services -- the so-called deep state.
There was only one real victor: the cocky state premier, Edmund Stoiber, an old rival of Mr Kohl who managed to get through the entire campaign without publicly mentioning the chancellor's name.