"Governed by consent" in deed.

The Egyptian people know another dictator when they see one.

Sadly I must call it the last spring of optimism. Of course the muslim brotherhood will put this down with great force, showing their true faces. And of course no one in the west will do anything, not even weakly cheering from the sidelines. Obama and friends have already put their money on Morsi in their efforts to continue the destabilization of the middle east and eventually attempt the destruction of isreal. That was the intentions of Obama and friends from the begining.

Actually, #3, there is a chance for a more optimistic outcome - the muslim brotherhood may not be quite strong enough to beat down the protests, and instead Egypt may destroy itself completely in a grand and destructive civil war.

well, that´s what passes for optimism in the middle east.

What kind of image would it make if Obama went to his inauguration and was kept from returning to the White House by several hundred thousand that refused to let him return.

Will they ever enter the 21st century......

#6 -- or even the 20th?

Flip a coin about who will win in Egypt. And laugh as Hillary explains it all to us.

Morsi left for home?

No matter. Apparently in Egypt the Presidential Palace is not the President´s residence.

They key, as usual, is how far the police and army will go to suppress dissent. I doubt the MB can win in the streets otherwise.

The problem with any of these ME countries is that the educated class in the cities is secular and wants democracy. The uneducated in the hinterlands are ignorant and vote for sharia. The uneducated outnumber the educated. Morsi and the Brotherhood is the result. The big demonstration of Morsi supporters was made up of people bussed into Cairo from the rural areas.

One man, one vote, one time. Egypt is lost.

Hmmm, Dictators seem to have a hard time staying alive in that part of the world...Morsi obviously knows that.

Maybe it is time for him to do what he said not what he meant...let this be a lesson to other world leaders. The citizens are tired of their Dictator crap and it soon will become time for payback!

Why should Morsi act like such a wuss and run away like a little girl? He´s the one that talked big. Those protestors are his Islamist supporters. Everyone there wants Sharia law and to be ruled by the Muslim Brotherhood. Where is he problem?

...oops, scanned the headline too quickly, thought it said "patriots turn violent"...

Treat him just as you did Mubarak.

It seems Egyptians can tell a dictator when they encounter one perhaps the American 47.5% should take note.
Where are all the rioters who went over the US Embassy wall toraise their flag. --- OOps of course they were Morsi brotherhood.

The protesters should blame Obama, too. He started this by pushing Mubarack out the door.

Morsi is a scoundrel. Like all muslims in leadership, they flee when their life or death is at risk.

The military is still smarting from being neutured by Morsi, the MB is alone on this.

I predicted in a thread from a few days ago that Morsi will be assassinated within a year. I still stand by it.
So much for a Smiths reunion tour.

Arab fall already? Wow, seasons change quickly over there.

Just saw Howitzer Explosion Guy ("Party on, Wayne!") get a live report from a cnn guy on the ground in Cairo. He seemed to be relieved upon hearing that the dictator was never in any danger and that his faction now had the momentum and was gaining the upper hand in the demonstration. That would make sense because, like the Won, the new dictator in Egypt is the media´s guy.

#3 and #4: I believe that the outcome may be much different. The only institution that historically has been able to govern since Nasser has been the military.

I expect a young officer to rise to power, quell the protests from the left and the Ikhwan (muslim brotherhood) and take control. It may be bloody, but they got the guns.

(In the olden days the Soviets would have swept in to take control of the power void. I don´t think Putin has that play in mind now, but we´ll see.)

Controllable Dictator to Muslim brotherhood to Islamist fundamentalism in one year - nice job Barry! Who says this guy doesn´t get results?

Remember just a month or so ago Barry tried
to send his friend Morsi and the Muslim brotherhod a half-billion dollars of U.S. taxpayer money. Only the adults in the Republican House stopped that money from being sent. We´ve got a crazy man in the White House.