History shows us a lot of mayhem is initially embraced, though: Russia, 1918. Germany, 1930's. Cuba, 1950's.
A “night of the long knives” is definitely possible. I’m sure there are a lot of serious radicals on the Obama team that are just waiting for a chance to strike out at their long-hated enemies — many of whom are also associated with the Progressive camp.
That’s also par for the course when the Socialists grab power.
Somewhere on another board, someone said something like “if worse comes to worse, we can at least enjoy the schadenfreude that comes from watching the Limo-libs get devoured by the animals they have unleashed.”