Seriously, I don't think that Obama's danger of assassination is all that terribly high because he's black. Yeah, there are nutso racists out there still, but I'm skeptical that there are enough to pose an usual risk to him. (As has been noted, the heads of some white-supremacist groups came out *for* him, because he doesn't happen to tweak their triggers.)
I do think there's a risk, but it's more because the right wing has obsessively painted him as much more radical than he really is. (And especially because the NRA, specifically, has convinced many gun owners that he has this huge anti-gun agenda that he shows little actual sign of.) My guess is that, if someone takes a shot at him, it's going to be because he's a Godless Gun-Grabbing Liberal, not because he's black...
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I do think there's a risk, but it's more because the right wing has obsessively painted him as much more radical than he really is. (And especially because the NRA, specifically, has convinced many gun owners that he has this huge anti-gun agenda that he shows little actual sign of.) My guess is that, if someone takes a shot at him, it's going to be because he's a Godless Gun-Grabbing Liberal, not because he's black...