Reply #14: I don't think it's been done on economic issues from the left in a while

[Tom Rinaldo]

Not a pull out all the stops national mobilization anyway. I know there was that counter ralaly to the Tea Party that Sharpton was involved in with Union support that Ed Shultz spoke at, but counter rallies almost by nature draw from a narrower cross section of people.

The press has grown immune to anti war rallies, granted. But the whole national focus now is on the economy and fudgetary issues. And the futue of Medicare pulls on roots going back to the civil rights struggle days.

What I'm thinking is this is a chance for broad based unity, combined with passion, which can really up the numbers. In order for Obama to have a fighting chance (assuming he's up for the fight) to beat back the current Republican assault on entitlemsnts, he is going to need to do some barnstorming himself. A DC rally could pull from Obama's sown upport base gearing up for the Presidential elections, as well as the activist left, environmentalists, and Unions.