I agree. However I think it will be more like year or a year
and a half. There is one great thing the government
denizens in Washington hate: that is powerless former Congress
people, former government oficials and former presidents
hanging around DC and trying to make themselves relevant by shooting
their mouths off all the time.
Obama will be seen as foolish and juvenile.
Eventually the press will even be annoyed by his antics
and he'll suffer a worse fate than going to Hell -- he'll be ignored.
Grab some popcorn, this “shadow government” will break into factions, an Obama faction, a Clinton faction, a Sanders faction, maybe some fourth one of really wingding lunatics, and these factions will be slinging mud at each other without restraint as they realize that they are figments of their own imaginations.
Pretty soon after inauguration, there will be Democrats in congress coming out to say that they want to work with the Republican majority, as they realize that siding with any part of this shadow government will doom their chances of re-election in 2018 (or whenever, if Senators).
This in-fighting will continue into their presidential primary season and Trump (or maybe Pence) will face a very disorganized and dysfunctional opponent in 2020. By that time you’ll need more popcorn.