I went to the mall at 8:30 because i had to go to the breast cancer walk, and at that time i already saw a lot of people going to the rally, afterwards i met my girlfriend at the exit of the smithsonian metro around 11:30, made our way right in between of the air and space museum and the american indian museum. we stayed there for the roots and the beginning of the show, then we thought we could go even farther up but it was the wrong move...when we realized it was going to be impossible to get a better spot we went to the media tent located behind the stage, where we found these two huge mastiffs dogs and it was pure joy to play with them a little bit. having been outside the whole morning-early afternoon, i got hungry and went home to watch the end of the rally, it was fun though, i don't think there was a political (partisan) message at all, but in the attendance there were plenty of politically motivated folks and also a lot of people who went there just for the entertainment, which is fine with me. i watched c-span afterward and a couple of republican callers said they were changing their vote after watching the rally...and that's a good thing...