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Nothing will happen this fall except some democrats (less than we hope for) will lose their jobs. Obama would never pull a stunt like martial law just to save the skins of a few congress critters.

If we ever find ourselves in this situation it would be in the fall of 2012, when his own power is on the line.

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consider this:

ENLISTED OATH OF OFFICE
I (state your full name) ________________ do solemnly swear
That I will support and defend
The constitution of the United States
Against all enemies, foreign and domestic;
That I will bear true faith
And allegiance to the same;
And that I will obey the orders
Of the President of the United States
And the orders of the officers appointed over me
According to the regulations
And the Uniform Code of Military Justice,
So help me God.

Defend the Constitution precedes the TOTUS part of the oath.

Just food for thought.

[Scanian]

You may be right about the timing. Zer0 might actually be helped politically by a GOP Congress.