Now what I’m going to say is pure speculation but given what this administration has been doing —
The National Guard is nominally under the control of the state Governors and are citizens soldiers living at home unless activated. That means they are close to the civilians where they live and also to their communities, which are mostly not in the big urban cities.
What if Obama doesn’t want elections in 2016 and plans on declaring martial law say a year from now when Ebola starts getting bad. If he has the most conservative Guard out of the country the Federal troops will have to be the ones and they will be more likely to put down resistance. One telling action, if this is in their mind is where the troops are taken from like say the states that are the reddest?
Keep in mind he has been purging the military of officers and NCOs that are loyal to the constitution — so just saying
… connect the dots!