Will the US Republican party learn from what is happening in Egypt today?

Morsi was deposed and the military took over in Egypt today. Although it is unlikely that the military will take over in the US, there are some interesting parallels to US governance.

Morsi was elected with about 51% of the vote, but he totally ignored the other 49% of the electorate and put his own (far right wing, fundamentalist religious) people in charge of almost everything. Essentially he ignored the other half of the country – basically gave 49% of the country his middle finger.

Now look at the Romney campaign from last year, where Mitt was disparaging the 47% of people “on the dole”. See any comparison? Total disregard for about half of the electorate.

And let’s look at the Bush administration – Bush was elected by .005 margin in 2000, but he governed as if he had won by 70%. He basically closed out the democrats. And what a mess he made.

So, is Morsi’s demise an object lesson in what happens when an elected official blows off half the population?