big life; small space

My husband and I went. I think it was a very diverse crowd of mostly liberal moderates. There were 8 buses of people who came from Pittsburgh (that was the group we came with) and probably countless others who drove. The transit system was way overloaded. We had to push onto a Metro to get there. We ran into a friend at the dinner stop on the way back and she said she tried to get behind the stage and the crowd stretched for five blocks out. We could not get through the crowd on 7th Ave to meet friends on the other side. Afterward, we stood for about half an hour on the steps of the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum and I could see crowds stretching from there across the mall and on the steps of the museum across the mall. Personally, I can't see how you could see it as not political. I think it was an important moment but I could be wrong. I've never seen so many people gathered on the mall and I have been to at least one previous march. My friend said the same thing.