The downside... If Obama wins the popular vote and Romney wins the electoral vote, we get the ultimate Cloward-Piven. A massive effort to delegitimize Romney, by street hoodlums using force, not just nicey-nice liberals with “Re-elect Gore 2004” bumper stickers. Obama would leave office “for the good of the country” — in the same condescending tone he has used all along. But his street hoodlums and purple-shirts will behave like those Philadelphia New Black Panthers last election.
Maybe we should have the attitude of “Let the civil war begin” and let the new republic emerge. It seems like just a matter of time before the street hoods riot anyway. The Rule of Law would be on our side.