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
Newspaper endorsements for John McCain in the 2008 United States presidential election in 2004, John Kerry received 213 endorsements compared to 205 for George W. Bush. UWIRE, in its Presidential Scorecard, reported that Barack Obama led John McCain by 86 to 2 in college newspaper endorsements, as of November 4. The Association of Alternative Newsweeklies reported that Barack Obama led John McCain by 57 to 0 in endorsements among its 123 member newspapers as of October 31, 2008. For a full list of newspapers that have endorsed Barack Obama, see Newspaper endorsements in the United States presidential election, 2008, for Barack Obama. For a summary of endorsements and a list of newspapers