Although the following are not necessarily for staying in power, there is a possibility of them passing the Freedom of Choice Act which will repeal all restrictions on abortions passed by State Legislatures and repealing the Defense of Marriage Act forcing all states to recognize homosexual unions as well as an executive order allowing them to serve openly in the military.
I could see these being used to stay in power. Once these provisions are in place, then the government has the “right” to use its considerable power to enforce them.
In Europe, for example, this means shutting down churches where people teach against homosexuality and so on.
That would be convenient for the Left, don’t you think?
BTW, this is one of the great ironies of Prop 8 in CA. They say it passed because of increased black turnout to vote for Obama. After voting for Obama, blacks voted against gay marriage. Apparently they did not realize or care that an Obama administration completely supports what they abhor.