Last night I posted about the coverage by the NY Times of the rally organized by Glenn Beck; it estimated the crowd at half a million while NBC said only 300,000. The AP is now out with an article discussing why this rally is such trouble for the Democrats. The AP says that "tens of thousands" attended the rally. Isn't it funny that AP has to cut the estimate substantially. Even when explaining why this is bad news for Democrats, AP feels that it must cushion the blow.
The truth is that for a crowd of between one quarter and one half million people to turn out in Washington for this event is extraordinary. AP, however, is wrong in its analysis. The showing is not bad for the Democrats, rather, it is good for America. So long as the Democrats move to embrace the essence of America rather than seeking to destroy it, it will be fine for them too.
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