It's assault, plain and simple, and should be treated as such. Just wait for the outrage when one of these idiots gets shot in the course of their little faux-assassination theater.

Apparently, Ann Coulter gets the award for most able to see what's coming - she, at least, seems to have moved quickly and gotten out of the way. Where is the security? It can't be all that easy to smuggle a pie in. Rotten eggs and tomatoes, maybe. I never thought this was funny in the movies and it certainly isn't in real life.