Quote Originally Posted by IAmKowalski
Didn't know that - actually I don't own or watch TV so I listened to the speach on NPR. It's sad that such a thing would be necessary.
well, in fact this story confirms what I assumed

Barack Obama and John McCain polls apart when it comes to partying | Herald Sun

At the massive open-air rally in Grant Park, Chicago he will also be protected by presidential-style super thick bulletproof glass.

Senator Obama was given Secret Service protection just months into his White House run and has been the target of two failed assassination plots by white supremacists.

Chicago's mayor Richard Daley predicts up to a million people might converge on the area to be a part of history.

"You cannot make it just an exclusive party for a few," Mayor Daley said last week.