I am more inclined to think we will see state secession... especially as the Dems try to extort money from the more frugal states to bail out the profligate states [which are all Dem-run.]
I would look for Texas to lead the way. The 'old' Southern states might join in, perhaps Alaska. Then the Dem-controlled states can hurry their evolution into a Utopian Marxism, and good riddance!
Some say that such an action as secession would bring on a civil war. First off, the Dem leadership are cowards and hate the military so I doubt they would try to start a war, and I wonder how much of the military would go along with them and how many with the secessionists.
Secondly, the war in 1860 was not a civil war. A civil war is over who will control the government. Since the South wanted nothing to do with the Union government, it was a war between the states, not a civil war.
Also take note that after the War Between the States how much states' rights have been eroded.
Why would Alaska swap one far-away government for another? Or why would another part of the country go on subsidizing them?
If the country splits up, they'll go their own way -- assuming they can defend themselves against foreign powers.
Of course, a split would encourage those powers, so maybe it's not in Alaska's interest or America's to divide.
If the US does split up, the changes that will bring will make all our petty political squabbles look pretty small indeed.