Barack Obama made the rounds of the Chicago editorial boards yesterday, and in his meeting with the Sun Times edit heads, he revealed a reason that may give him pause about running for President: He and is family are concerned about his safety. "Being shot, obviously, that is the least-attractive option," Obama told the paper. "But even just having a security apparatus around you; one of the things that I have been very proud over the last several years, is, for all the hoopla, I am not an entourage guy."

Meanwhile, Obama's family is worried that his race could place him in danger should he run. According to the paper, Obama's half sister gave an interview to Elle magazine in which she said: "Not to be offensive, there are crazy people in America as well, with crazy ideas. And at the end of the day, what matters is that he's a black man. The history of America is quite violent."