He may try something, but if he does, I think — or at least hope — that it would backfire on him and his true believers in a spectacular fashion. If there is a crisis of his own making, I think — or at least hope — that that would be obvious (e.g. disorder caused by ACORN punks), that in a country of over 300 million people a significant number of them would be ready, willing, and able to fight postponing the election, and that patriots among the political class would stand up to the plate and lead the fight. If there is a crisis not of his own making, who but the true believers feels comfortable knowing that the only man who stands between us and the abyss is Barack Obama?
I go back to my original point. We had a presidential election in 1864. How the rest of the war would be pursued, what would be done about the freed slaves, etc., were issues open to debate. The Democrats nominated Gen. McClellan. There were Republican leaders who opposed re-nominating Lincoln because they thought he couldn’t win. Some Radical Republicans bolted and formed the Radical Democracy Party, nominating John C. Fremont. Freemont offered not to run if the Republicans nominated someone other than Lincoln. Eventually, Fremont changed his tune and withdrew in support of Lincoln.
The process went on.
Unless we degenerate into a “Hunger Games”-style dystopia in the next two years, there is no reason for the election not to be conducted as scheduled. If we are collapsed and ruined, then the election is beside the point.
I go back to my original point. We had a presidential election in 1864.
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And I understand your point. Despite great national stresses, the Constitution was followed and the process continued uninterrupted. That was a triumph for democracy and a commitment to a belief in our system of government.
However I think its important to acknowledge that we were a much different and more serious country way back then, before we became the United States of Entertainment. Most Americans these days care more about sports, Hollywood, social media, and a raft of trivialities than they do about the future of the country.
Statism is now firmly rooted in our culture. The sheeple will go along with anything as long as their bread and circuses are not jeopardized and government largesse ontinues to flow to them.
A “temporary” suspension of the election process would not ever reister on their attention meter. Freedom and self-determination are simply not cherished priorities to many, if not most, Americans.