This would be unlikely as the republic had been dead for, at this point, nearing on 70 years and considering the distrust between the Senate and Claudius, it would be unlikely he would be willing to resurrect it and place more power in the hands of the Senate. He further concentrated power in his hands through his use of freedmen in the government, something which would not be favorable to the republican senators as it further concentrated power in his hands and receded their control over the administration.

As to the praetorian Guard, they would not have been able to suppress his power to govern as he made several decisions, such as the use of freedmen in government, which would have not endeared him to the equites who commanded the praetorian guard.