Reply #9: Every federal official that carries a gun would have to be a Bush crony for that to work...

[Hippo_Tron]

Because legally all of those officials would legally obligated to follow the orders of the new President. If elections are canceled, the Speaker of the House becomes the new President. The Secret Service would be legally obligated to escort Bush and Cheney out of the building at the request of the new President. Assuming he could staff the entire Secret Service with cronies, the FBI would probably be called in to deal with it.

The scene would be roughly equivalent to the Waco incident, but with the White House as the site.

Anyway, it's a scenario way out in fantasy land. Bush and Cheney will leave peacefully.