Is there any group in Egypt who does not wish for President Mohamed Morsi to be successful in his task, hopes for his failure and seeks to bring him down? The logical, frank and clear answer would be: yes. Indeed, anyone following social media websites and media outlets would realize that there are political forces, public figures and some elites who seek after the failure of Morsi's experience and always place obstacles before him, fish for his mistakes and try to mock him and his actions to a great extent. But have Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood been successful in dealing with such a climate by seeking to contain such campaigns and to draw those responsible for them towards a different course of action? The frank answer is: no. On the contrary in fact, as the President and the Brotherhood have always been moving in the wrong direction, increasing the desire to bring him down and attack him. It is as if Morsi imagines Egypt to be a country inhabited only by members of the Muslim Brotherhood, their sympathizers or their supporters, and the mere fact of accusing those who oppose him or disagree with him of being “remnants" (of the former regime) to be sure to convince the masses of the people that the President is moving on the right track. By virtue of numerous factors, among them the fact that he is the country's first President after the January 25 Revolution, as well as the first Egyptian ruler affiliated with the Society of the Muslim Brotherhood, which has ever since it was founded in 1928 been in the opposition and subjected to imprisonment, in addition of course to the fact that he is facing important challenges and major problems and that people expect him to place Egypt on the path towards becoming an advanced country, not to mention the climate of anticipation regarding the way he deals with the past with all of its repercussions, effects and negativity, Mosri has, under the spotlight, come to reiterate talk of Egypt's importance and political weight among the nations of the world, the impact of what happens in it on Arab countries, as well as its standing in the context of its regional and international surroundings. The President of a country of a size such as this will therefore surely be searched out by the spotlight, regardless of the issue of the Revolution. Yet Morsi has not just come to be under the spotlight and pursued by cameras, but also under the microscope, with every action he performs, statement he makes, measure he takes or hint picked up by someone becoming the object of scrutiny and assessment. Of course, the Muslim Brotherhood is promoting what it considers to be “the President's qualities", such as the fact that he always prays in mosques, his spontaneous conversations with people, or his simplicity and the small number of bodyguards around him, Moreover, the group's media machine and activists always address some of his behavior that could be misunderstood by people to repair or clarify them, or to attack those who criticize him. They have also “promoted" every measure he has ever taken – from the moment he swore his constitutional oath in Tahrir Square, and up to his adoption of the “Clean Homeland" campaign and his call for citizens to reduce electricity consumption. And whenever Morsi needs support from the popular masses, the Muslim Brotherhood represents the largest group to support him, attacking the Military Council and chanting against Field Marshall Tantawi, in gatherings on Tahrir Square or through media outlets, if the President needs someone to carry out such a task in his stead so as to spare him its harm. Yet more important is the fact that the forces opposed to the Islamist movement in general, the Muslim Brotherhood in particular and Morsi specifically, have come to monitor the minutest details of Morsi's life, his behavior and that of his family and siblings, in addition to his meetings, his interviews, his trips abroad, his prayers, the way he speaks and the manner in which he deals with others, especially prominent Muslim Brotherhood figures. They are always fishing for information to slander Morsi, harm him or show him in a negative light, especially when it comes to his relationship with the Supreme Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood, Mohammed Badie, and other prominent members of the group – in addition of course to what mistakes his rivals might detect in his talks and his policies, with special note of course of the developments of the President's relationship with the Hamas movement, whose members now make trips to Cairo smoothly and serenely, much more easily than they would travel between two Palestinian cities. The fact of the matter is that Morsi won the presidential seat with a small percentage over his competitor in the second round of elections, Air Marshal Ahmed Shafik, and that the majority of Egyptians boycotted the presidential elections to begin with. Thus the new President, along with the strong organization he is affiliated to, must seek to gain the support of those who gave their votes to his competitor, as well as those who boycotted the elections or invalidated their votes. Otherwise the space of opposition to Morsi will increase with the passing of time, as will the obstacles which will be placed before him and which he will have to overcome. Morsi is in need of a normal climate to work, and the climate he is currently surrounded by is certainly not a normal one – starting from the climate around the presidential palace, where protests take place on a daily basis, and up to the stance taken by secular forces towards him. Yet at the same time, he must contribute to tempering such a climate, not inflame conflicts around him and against him, and realize that he is now under the microscope and the ruler of Egypt, not a simple leader within his organization.
