If there is indeed an attempt to engineer a totalitarian takeover in the USA (and it wouldn't surprise me much if that were the case...I think the country's been slowly moving that way for decades), then I'd be quite concerned as to just who the Secret Service would back in regards to that. Seems to me that they are the perfect people to assist in managing such a takeover.

The provoking of deep divisions and confrontations in a society provides a good excuse for increased security and surveillance measures and an abrogation of civil rights. The aggravation of the deep divisions and hatreds between the Left and the Right would also be quite helpful.

"divide and conquer"

Whether Obama is an active participant in that endeavour, a victim of it, or merely a helpless bystander at this point...that part I don't know, and I wouldn't venture any opinion on it for the time being.....but....I don't think I'd want to be in his shoes. It's a thankless and dangerous job being the number 1 figurehead in American domestic politics.