Reporting back from the DNC protest rally. [UPDATED!]

Published: May 31, 2008, 5:39 pm

Tags: 2008, dnc, hillary clinton, the best democratic primary ever

I have just gotten back - it's probably still going on, but once the rain hit in earnest around 2 PM I figured that I had done my bit for the day - so this post will be highly amended and altered as I upload the photos and determine whether any of the audio is really usable. But before I get started, let me give the executive summary. If the people at this rally are representative of Clinton supporters generally, the Democratic Party is going to be in serious trouble, for two reasons: 1). They aren't particularly interested in backing down on this issue; and 2). It may have sounded like a typical Democratic rally, but it looked and smelled like one of ours. Which is to say: lots of American flags, almost no reek of patchouli. More will be after the fold. I got to Woodley Park about 9 AM or so and popped into the local McDonald's for something approaching breakfast. First sign that this was going to be an interesting day: I

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