TPM Read AL finally just bailed on trying to get to the rally:
My 5 yo and I just bailed because of crazy metro issues, but I can tell you that we were on a train near packed with boomers and older. And they were more excited than anyone else–giddy, even. Definitely an all ages event.
It’s interesting. Since the debacle in Florida, I’ve seen a number of reports that national Dems are increasingly worried about losing the Senate. But Nate Silver actually has the odds moving in the other direction — now down to a 10% chance of the GOP winning 51 seats. And that jibes with my infinitely less sophisticated sense of where things are. Read More
TPM Reader RB checks in from Costa Rica:
I’m in Costa Rica, with no regular C-Span or Comedy Central availability, but just discovered that Voice of America has turned over its programming to the C-Span rally coverage. You might want to inform your overseas readers who might be in the same situation.
You can also watch the live stream here.
CNN’s Ed Henry reports: “Top Democratic officials privately say they believe they are going to lose the House, but as they survey the country they are getting increasingly worried they will also lose the Senate.”
You can watch the rally live right here. Things officially kick off at noon ET.
TPM Reader ML reports from the U Street Metro station:
All those folks concern trolling about affluent 18-34 yr olds angering the masses are in for a surprise. More than half the people at this customarily youthful outpost (u street metro station) are well out of that age cohort. One problem: almost all white people.
Couldn’t get on train…too many ppl. Very few young ones. The demographic is genuinely surprising.
Our reporters in the field at the rally are updating regularly here (so long as cell phone networks stay up).
Evan reports: “Sign: ‘what’s wrong with being the anti-Christ?'”
Jill also tweeting: “Pre show entertainment includes animated stewart- colbert race. Couldn’t tell who won. Seemed like someone was eaten by a bear”
Lots of reports from Twitter, our reporters, and elsewhere that DC transit system is straining this morning to accommodate the ralliers, which is pretty much par for the course for mass events in DC.
Here’s TPM Reader KM:
I live in takoma, which is as far out on the red line as you can be before you cross into maryland. Its absolutely jammed. Busier than it is during rush hour. My friend lives in greenbelt, the last stop on the green line out in maryland. The line to buy fare cards and get into the station is out to the parking lot. Another friend is in gridlock traffic on a bus downtown
I didn’t see this many ppl in the city during the beck rally over the entire weekend.