Well, 'A' I guess I don't know what your gripe is. Everyone I talk to is very upbeat about M18, with all sorts of politics. Maybe I need a wider circle to talk to...

I had no problem with the speakers at either rally, and I don't think anyone was a 'token.'

And, yes, the war has an impact on even more people here than the immigration bill. But that wasn't the point. Rather, it was the nature of the threat. The war has not YET threatened to criminalize the majority of Chicagoans as felons for something they have already done, but the GOP's immigration bill has. I think that contributed, in part, to the larger turnout.

But really, these movements are natural allies, for the most part. That's what we need to be working on, not using one to trash the other.