[cyncooper]

But on close examination the scene looks less like a victory for democracy than a case of mob rule.

I couldn't quite figure out what that meant.

The impression I got was this was the liberal idea that "truth is what you want it to be" and this time, (to this schmo's great ire), the common man (aka "mob") won the day as if they didn't have objective fact on their side, but managed to get the upper hand by talking loud and long.

[Howlin]

Oh, I get it now: "the great unwashed masses."