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I think your comparison is inadequate. We know that the following is free speech:

If they ever make me carry a rifle the first man I want to get in my sights is L. B. J.

Compare that to this political hyperbole that you'd like to see no longer protected by the 1st Amendment:

I’m going to kill the president. Elect. Bring it secret service. Nope, getting a sniper rifle and perching myself where it counts.

While Harrigan's statement is clearly provocative, it is very similar to Watts' provocative statement.

In the end, it doesn't matter. Prosecutors and the courts will never take this case. The 1st Amendment still matters to them to some degree.