Well, it's Obama as alpha male of the US. He has the office but not the power.

[Dawn Meredith]

Guys and gals: And welcome Mark, nice to see you here. But as I said on another thread I believe Obama KNOWS all about the powers behind the curtain. I think he learned a LOT from his former pastor. I just returned from a child protective services mediation and the family mambers- all afro Americans- know the truth about JFK, MKL. So if these young not very educated people know (late 30's) don't you think Obama did some studying before he even ran? His wife was afraid. Michelle clearly knows in my opinion.
So he will have to walk a delicate line to try to accomplish all that he wants to accomplish without getting himself assassinated.
Like Peter I'd have perferred Cynthia (who is one of us!!) or Nadar, but we are a long way from a true chance of a 3rd party winning. In '76 it gave the election to Ray- gun and in '92 it gave the election to Clinton.

I just hope the up the number of secret services and that they truly do thier jobs this time. We don't want another Dallas. But we know that if the bastards decide to take him out it will be a plane crash --(like JFK Jr)- or an untraceable heart attack or cancer like Ruby....WE will know...
Or another Dallas. In our face like JFK.
The best we can hope for is that he surrounds himself with advisors who know true history.
Dawn