Who's not against the war at this point? According to this poll, seventy percent nation-wide disapprove of the war. More in Massachusetts, I'm guessing.

So why then did only a couple thousand people rally against the war yesterday on a beautiful spring day on the Common? And why did no politicians (zero!) show up to support the most popular cause in the country today? By comparison, tens of thousands lined the streets on a chilly St. Patrick's Day and politicians had to be turned away from a meaningless breakfast. The Flower Show had better attendance than the peace rally.

It's because the protest movement is a mess, hijacked by fringe radicals. With speakers flinging four-letter words from the bandstand, advocating dismantling the state and later, upon seeing police bikes along Tremont Street, exclaim over the PA, "I didn't know pigs could ride bikes," it's no wonder that mainstream (or in this case, all) politicians and most working people stayed away.