Obama and the great battle against the rednecks.

Last week in Denver we saw the attempted, or what seemed to be, the attempted assassination of presidential candidate, and black man, Barack Obama. This posed the worrying question of what exactly would happen if messrs Adolph and Johnson were successful. If this was one year down the line, or at least post election time, we would have a certain Mr Joe Biden stepping in at the presedential podium as succesor, but what would happen now if Senator Obama was to be shot, where does that leave the political struggle, and how would it affect those teetering on the democratic vote, unsure of Obama's abilities and 'experience' on the level of president. Some shouldn't forget that Obama's previous campaigns have seen him broke and washed up, only to come back fighting, and this time, with great success, so far.

But is this the first of many intrusions on Obama's life? The current President, Mr Bush, generally seems to need more security when he travel's abroad thanks to his not so hot foreign policy. But back in his homeland, although hated by many, he's not quite as troubled, with a rather large Republican stronghold watching his back, especially down south, with his litany of errors being somewhat prolific at this stage he is still supported by those towing the Republican party line, and for reasons unknown, to this somewhat 'rational' mind anyway, he's still even more popular then current Republican hopeful John McCain. Obama on the other hand, although the book makers favourtie, faces a tougher role then Mr Bush seems to have faced, and that's the battle on his home soil. Racism is still rampant across the USA and we've all seen how liberal upstarts and President's alike have been treated in the past, quite a few have ended up with a bullet in their head's. It seems that Obama, the oppositte to the current holder of the throne, is going to need more security on a domestic scale, surely the 'pinko' liberal's of my own European continent will embrace Obama with open arms, sadly I can't see the same happening across the pond, and this incident last week will hardly be the last of such attempts on the presidential hopeful's life.

That's if Obama gets elected at all though. Even with the [eventual] endorsement of Mrs Clinton as frontrunner for the Democratic party there still seems to be a general air of schism within the Democratic ranks. I know it seems blatantly obvious, but perhaps Mr Obama may have made a smarter move, if perhaps taking one on the chin at the same time, by selecting Clinton as the second in command instead of Biden. Maybe then the likes of P.U.M.A. or 'Party Unity My Ass' may not be so openly against Obama for President, even some of these Hilary die-hard's are voting for McCain out of resentment for Obama's leading role. Which is too hypocritical, well, at least for my minute, University educated mind. But we wouldn't understand, would we? Obama I wish you well.