I've heard from first-hand sources that there were tens of thousands of people who couldn't even make it to the venue because traffic/parking were so bad. Also, after the fact, every restaurant in sight had a humongous wait because of the crowds.

I'm happy to see it was successful as far as turnout goes. I hope its message is successful.



Good closing speech IMO.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bI3HbU__x9c in case the embed doesn't work.



This is completely unrelated but pretty cool. Zach Galifianakis lit up a joint on Bill Maher's show last night and tried passing it around. The chick works for Fox News, I believe, and she's a conservative. The guy in the middle is a teabagger. I was cracking up so hard.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4b5J-FBpcPc