Speed Gibson

Jason Lewis said, quite plausibly, that the Global Warming Day of Action ("GWDA") rally gave "the media" a perfect cover for all but spiking the story. But that's only half the story, the other half being that the tax rally also allowed "the media" to conceal the fact that the GWDA rally was a flop.

Consider:

• The GWDA had money from several corporate and non-profit sponsors.
• The GWDA did a better job promoting the event, both locally and as part of the national effort.
• This metropolitan area is solidly blue.

For all that, they could only manage a few hundred visitors, people already convinced no doubt. (Same for the tax rally, to be fair.) Just as the tax rally exceeded our expectations, the GWDA no doubt fell far short of theirs.

In a word, the Global Warming Day of Action was: unimportant.