UPDATE 8/14: Replaced with slideshow this morning, or you can jump to the detail set here. Original picture is right at the beginning, but after that it goes in chronological order and includes some shots from the telephone town hall at the end. One thing I noticed as I was going through the pictures - after Schauer spoke, the supporters started to scatter. The opponents mingled in with the supporters that were left in front of the office doors, so you had a mixed message of signs going later in the rally.
Here is something that the media won't point out - a number of the opponents held signs that had to do with abortion. One shot has three anti-abortion signs in it. And, as I was milling about the crowd, I saw one guy with an embroidered Right to Life shirt, a "uniform" of sorts. So, for all the complaining about union organization (there was that too, but this was basically the Obama organization in general. These were the campaign volunteers running the support protest, and they are good at what they do) one has to wonder how deep the Right to Life people are involved in the anti-reform movement. Remove that single issue, and the opponent's numbers would have taken a big hit - and they weren't that strong to begin with. That is something else the reports I've seen on this so far have ignored. They want to play it like it was 50/50, and there's no way that is true, by any stretch of the imagination.
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This picture needed to stand alone. Congressman Schauer came out to address the cheering crowd of supporters - and they loved it!
They are still out there cheering and chanting, cars honking as they go by. There are a few opponents here - but they are definitely outnumbered by the people who support rational health care reform.
Thanks to all who turned out!