Muslim Brotherhood Candidate Trails in Race for Egypt's Presidency: UMD Poll

Majority of Egyptians Faults Brotherhood Fielding its Own CandidateMay 21, 2012  COLLEGE PARK, Md. - As Egypt prepares this week to elect its first president since the 2011 revolution, a new University of Maryland poll finds the Muslim Brotherhood's candidate tied for fourth place. Researchers describe the race as fluid. The poll confirms the strategic damage inflicted by the Brotherhood's decision to field its own candidate, after saying it would not. Nearly three-quarters of those surveyed (71 percent) called the decision a "