There’s one catch for Obama - I don’t believe he can decimate the military in time to pull this off. Pretty sad that the election of 2008 sets up a US military coup for 2014, 2015 . . .
The problem with a coup is that by 2014 most of the senior level of officers will have resigned or retired, and the lower levels will have been released from active duty. All that will be left will be Obama loyalists.
...Or even a second civil war.
The military will have no tolerance for mischief coming from an Obama White House.