Who Won the Dem Debate in New Hampshire? (Drudge Front Page)

You're right. Obama got protection early on. Check out the following article, as the SS is under man-power and financial strains during election cycle.

washingtonpost story

"The U.S. Secret Service expects to borrow more than 2,000 immigration officers and federal airport screeners next year to help guard an ever-expanding field of presidential candidates, while shifting 250 of its own agents from investigations to security details.

Burdened by the White House's wartime security needs, the persistent threat of terrorism and a field of at least 20 presidential contenders, the Secret Service was showing signs of strain even before the Department of Homeland Security ordered protection for Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) as of May 3, the earliest a candidate has ever been assigned protection in an election season.

Its $110 million-plus budget for campaign protection -- two-thirds more than the record $65 million it spent for the 2004 election -- was prepared when the service did not expect to be guarding Obama or anyone else until January. The agency has already been forced to scale back its efforts to battle counterfeiting and cybercrime."

Probably at this point that might be an option. If the guy is really in danger, then yes, protect him, but this is a larger issue. The gov’t is taking immigration officers and airport screeners to fill positions - that’s just crazy.

Don’t know who won, but I do know the American people will loose should one of these clowns get in office.

FR would be a winner. It's always more fun when the opposition are in control :-)

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