I attended the rally put together by Organizing for America last night – the big ol’ tour-bus pulled into Sugarhouse park a little late, but there was a surprisingly large and enthusiastic crowd there to support it. As an antidote to all of this media coverage of Tea Party Protests and the like, I thought I’d point out that this event was in Utah, reddest of red states, and yet the turnout was unbelievable ( estimates say 1500 , but I find that hard to swallow outright): A pretty cool crowd. All kinds of folks showed up, from hippies to bikers to grandmas: “What about the Tea Party People?” you might ask. Well, three pretty peaceable wingnuts turned up. They seemed kind of sad and lonely: Patriot poodle says: “Ruh roh, we need a public option!” Various speakers showed up, including the chair of the Utah Democratic Party, Wayne Holland , who dropped the ball by referring to health reform as an issue for “2008” (wake up, Wayne! We won! Time to focus on the now, brother!). Karen Mayne , D...