That would be really alarming. Traction Control spotted it..Check out the red dot on Obama’s ear at 00:20 seconds in.
Seems way too big a red dot to be from a laser sight to me (although I don’t own any laser sights and have never used any). Recalling Ockham’s Razor, perhaps it was an accidental triggering of a red-filtered spotlight in the arena rafters? Seems more likely to me.
UPDATE: Okay, take a look right before the red dot shows up. There’s some smaller red reflections that can be seen flashing. And the red dot itself seems to be coming directly from the little camera shoved into Obama’s face. I think this is just a really BIG red-light exposure check coming from the cameras.
Jeez, this sort of thing must give the Secret Service heart attacks.
Yeah, that’s way too big to be a weapon-mounted laser. Like you said, most likely came off one of the cameras or spotlights. A friend of mine has a camera that has a green laser pointer to aim with, and it’s roughly the same size…
Not a laser sight and not even a laser pointer.
It’s not COHERENT LIGHT. The spot you see has definable intensity variations with it, as well as very a diffuse margin. It’s a poorly-focussed small spotlight. A laser sight making that big an image would have to be two hundred yards away, but it would still be coherent light.
God help us if someone takes a shot at him. I think that having Obama run, and eventually loose, will be a good thing for the country, but if someone takes a shot at him, nothing good will happen.