This is NOT good for Obama.
attempts to kill political figures always backfire unless the attempt succeeds because of the sympathy vote, that is, those who feel outrage at the attempt that fails - so Obama will get a few votes out of this - not that many but if it is close it will help him - if he had been killed imagine the scenario - Biden would NOT be at the top of the ticket - the DEMS would pick Hillary to top it - the riots in the cities would be immense and the Republicans would lose big time in both house and Senate - if an attempt would succeed after the inauguration then Biden would be the President and he would appoint Hillary as his VP - and we would be no better off - so those who think killing someone is going to solve this nations political problems is just plain stupid