That's a lot of people in five block stretch of road. And that isn't counting the people who were watching from the buildings along the road: many people were standing on their porches and roofs, or hanging out of windows. Even more stood in the side streets, unable to get into the main, ticketed area. It was an amazing sight.

Admittedly, some may have come mostly to see and hear the Foo Fighters and Bruce Springsteen, but I think as many, if not more, people came for the next President of the Untied States. There was a huge amount of energy in the crowd.

I started out the morning with other volunteers from Planned Parenthood, handing out "Stand up for Choice" stickers to the crowd. I went through several rolls, and at times I couldn't hand them out fast enough for the demand.

A ground of Bushites showed up (I think they were from College Republicans) wearing giant flip-flops made out of pink construction foam, and shouting "four more years!" The rest of the crowd quickly took up the chant and turning it over, into "five more days!" Quite different from a Bush event, where you have to sign an oath of loyalty for admittance and can be kicked out just for politely wearing the wrong t-shirt.

It is an amazing feeling to be part of a crowd of 80,000 very excited yet peacable people, all gathered for the same purpose. And they were quite peaceful. Even as crowded as it was, there was none of the jostling and rudeness that usually occurs when you pack people close together. At least, there was none that I saw.

I hope this is in an indication of what is to come.

Tuesday. Tuesday. Tuesday. ...