In terms of where their political instincts are in most of these areas, I would be more in favour of them than many of their critics are. I think fundamentally they want to build a democratic Egypt, one in which there is civilian control of these institutions. They have some sense of where they want to lead the economy and the sense that the state simply needs to do a better job of providing for basic needs of Egyptian citizens and the sense that there needs to be much more emphasis on job creation and so on. All of this is within what is primarily a liberal economic framework.
I think their instincts in most of those areas are basically good. I do not think that right now they have the depth within their own ranks or the expertise in most of them in order to do so, nor do they have the political position to do so. What they have right now is the presidency. There is no legitimate parliament there. They have a cabinet that is technocratic in nature. They do not feel comfortable at this point coming up with a partisan cabinet, one that would be able to deliver on the political program of the Freedom and Justice Party, their political party. They are not even quite sure they control the levers of power within the Egyptian state.
The fundamental problems there have to do less with their instincts and more with their depth, with their capabilities, and with this incredibly uncertain protracted transition process which is making any kind of decision-making difficult.