Obama isn't any more at risk than Clinton is. Both are equally vulnerable to nut cases who don't want them, and not just because of their race/gender.

Let's grow up a bit, people. They are targets, because high profile presidential candidates are ALWAYS targets.

If two Catholics can be assassinated, then of course the first woman and African American are gonna be targets too, that's true. But the last major target for an assassin was Reagan, a wildly popular WASPM. So go figure.

The likelihood of assassination of either of them? Not very likely, IMO. A LOT has changed in terms of security since the heady days of political assassinations in the 60s, and in the post 9/11 era, there is a much bigger bubble around the candidates, keeping everyone very far away from them.