I'm deeply afraid that you're right on that. I used to wonder how it would work because it wouldn't be state against state or region against region this time. I thought it would be some people on your block against other people on your block. Left against right.
OTOH Bush may have succeeded in uniting the vast majority of American citizens on this ONE issue. Fewer than one in five Americans want this filthy bill.
IMO, if there is a new Civil War it will be American citizens against the Political Class.
Jefferson said the Tree of Liberty would periodically need to be watered with the blood of patriots and tyrants. What you have described is not a civil war at all but rather a refreshing of the American Revolution.
“Bush may have succeeded in uniting the vast majority of American citizens on this ONE issue.”
Bush - The Uniter. There are a quite few things that unite red blooded Americans, this is one. I agree with your take on this.