[petitfour]

We went to a Kerry campaign stop the other day. ZERO security. We walked right in. We were within tobacco-spittin' distance of the guy. One report of the event said there were 1000+ folks in attendance. I think that was an overestimation. However, are all Kerry events this free? What about the other candidates? Even if there is no SS protection until the convention or whatever the rule is, shouldn't security for candidates and their event attendees be a priority?

[Spyder]

At least as of Memorial Day 2000 Bush had some pretty heavy security when he spoke in Killeen Texas. Of course, it was definite by that time he was the Republican nominee. It's interesting to see secret service types in full suit and tie not breaking a sweat in the Texas sun.

As for terrorist possibilities to hurt Kerry - do you really think they'd want to do away with their choice for President?