[roses of sharon]

(AP, 2004)"So if the reports about Oregon are true, and 60,000 people showed up for a Kerry rally, Karl Rove may have just lost the expectations game."

[xDGx]

That is a BRILLIANT picture! (too bad Kerry deleted the larger original from his blog) You are a gem! :)

And guess what a more tightly cropped shot looks like? (from the same source ;)

AP & Reuters should really be comparing this first of a kind record-shattering triumph to the latest first of a kind record-shattering triumph ;)