Article IV, Section 4

Simple text, no?

The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion;

So what happens when the United States fails to honor its "guarantee"?

Grim muses a bit; McCain (suddenly a Conservative) exhorts; Obama does what he's very good at: dawdling, lecturing, preening, and trolling for votes.

The Winning McCain, (NOT his crazy cousin John who is the non-maverick maverick/non-Conservative conservative/back-and-forthright candidate), has a good essay on the whole mess.

Arizona finally decided that self-defense is better than no defense at all, which was (and is) the policy of GWBush and Obama.

And 80% of the country thinks Gummint doesn't live up to its word. That 80% includes 70% of the residents of Arizona.