HEAD ABOUT TO EXPLODE

While I revel in midtermosity, Josh Marshall's been all over the Al-Qaqaa story. Just keep scrolling when you get there.

Also, it's nice to turn on my computer and see pictures like this one:



That's Kerry addressing over 100,000 enthusiastic supporters in Philadelphia, in what some are calling the largest political rally in American history. Former TFM roomate and documentary filmmaker Josh Braun was there, and he called me from the crowd this morning so I could listen along. Clinton's speech was unusually short, but it had to be, given his physical state. Because it was kept short (about 5 minutes) he kept it high-energy all the way through, energizing the crowd, which Kerry didn't let down either with his meaty speech.

Early on, Kerry hammered the Bush administration on the Al Qaqaa revelations, to which the White House has, shall we say, had some trouble fashioning a coherent response.

To get an idea of the size of this rally, consider Bush's rally the other day at AllTel Stadium. That venue's capacity is 73,000. And they only filled the lower level, or at least most of it (about 40,000). This morning's Kerry/Clinton rally topped six digits. To put it another way, when I asked Josh to estimate the crowd size, he numbered it at "as far as I can see". The ball's in your court, Ahhnuld!