The Bamster has long stated that he sees Abraham Lincoln as his guide for an ideal president. Perhaps we misunderstood, and he values Lincoln's willingness to send Federal troops against US citizens... These "Red states" of which you speak might find themselves in trouble.
Hmmm. The last time I read about the guns in TX, it was estimated there were 2+ for every man woman and child in the state in private ownership. Do you really think that it would be possible for the brown shirts to go door to door and remove them? Not going to happen and TX will not give them up at the state level. Will not happen.
Therein lies a risk to us and maybe a goal for the bamster: the only way to enlist the support of the armed forces would be against a seceeding state, they could and would never be engaged in a fight against US citizens, but against a separatist state? Well, as you say, Lincoln was the model for that. Just a thought.
What Obama really admirers about Lincoln is he suspended writ of habeas corpus, and signing arrest warrants for Congressman and the Chief Justice of the United States.
....But yet, history has been, very, very kind to Lincoln because he is viewed as having “preserved the union”.