[dragnet2]

Brown is exactly correct.

To be honest, even I was surprised Brown stated this:

"We are at a point of civil discord, and I would not minimize the risk to our country and to our state."

[Jim Noble]

The only thing necessary for a true regime crisis is an alternative.

Someone - a governor, most likely, or someone who wants to be President but who doesn't want to "run" - must declare that the emperor has no clothes.

Then, events may take a surprising course.