"In their own words" has a point.

Some of you are reading the message of all those flags far too narrowly.

I doubt many of those carrying them were saying, 'We love US Imperialism!

My guess is the vast majority of those waving the flags were saying, 'Americans, set aside your fears, drop the hypocrisy and live up to your own best democratic ideals!'

Something like that, anyway.

As for Daley, the issue is not whether you like him or even whether he has crimes on his hands, which he does. I heard his speech was pretty good, especially give his record of public speaking.

The issue is whether it helps lead to progressive immigration reform, which, in the end, has to be supported and passed by people like him. Whether it will or not is still an open question, IMHO. We'll see.