Barack Obama assassination plot in Denver Barack Obama assassination plot in Denver The Barack Obama assassination plot in Denver refers to an alleged plot by Shawn Robert Adolf, Tharin Robert Gartrell and Nathan Dwaine Johnson to assassinate Barack Obama, then the 2008 Democratic Party presidential nominee. The trio allegedly planned to shoot Senator Obama with a high-powered rifle during the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado. The alleged motive for the attempted assassination was a white supremacist belief that an African American should not be elected President of the United States. Gartrell was arrested August 24, 2008, and found to be in possession of rifles and
Nationwide opinion polling for the 2012 United States presidential election Nationwide opinion polling for the 2012 United States presidential election This page lists nationwide public opinion polls that were conducted relating to the 2012 United States presidential election between Democratic Incumbent President Barack Obama, Republican Mitt Romney, as well as other third-party and independent challengers. The persons named in the polls were official candidates in the general election or former candidates for a particular party's nomination. Convention Nominations completed on September 6, 2012 President Barack Obama ran uncontested in most states for the 2012 Democratic presidential nomination. Hypothetical polling "See Nationwide opinion polling for the Republican Party 2012 presidential primaries"