“I’m focusing on the 2014 election right now ...”
That seems to be the best course. November isn’t that far away, and Republicans stand to win enough seats in both houses to turn Obama into a lame duck. That would greatly improve the chances of the GOP taking the big prize in 2016.
A violent confrontation, over this particular issue, is more likely to hand the election to the Democrats (and likely 2016 too), than to spark a popular uprising.
Exactly.
Keep your powder dry.