Found this:
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I don’t know if this was taken at the peak — but 100K people would be pushing it, to say the least.

I lived in DC for 5 years — I know Capital Hill like the back of my hand. I’ve seen enough protests and July 4th fireworks celebrations (where the entire mall, front and back of the Washington Monument is full — which isn’t even two million people), to know that many folks are opting for wishful thinking on the crowd sizes.

I personally wish the tea partiers well — and despite the significant percentage of freaks attempting to subvert the movement to their own means, a lot of people are simply fed up with the federal government’s overreach — and some peaceful venting can be healthy.

I wouldn’t have minded being there — and would have driven down to check it out first hand if I hadn’t so much work to catch up on this weekend — I was planning to meet up with Tuscon, AZ tea party organizer, Robert Mayer (publius pundit) — who I can attest is not a Ron Paul moonbat or paleocon freak show in any way shape or form.