I don't know anything about organizing, really, and I've never been much for demonstrations.

But lately I daydream about demonstrations on the Mall.

I picture my fantasy demonstration bringing together all the usual suspects; plus all the political junkies who don't usually go to demos but who are deeply alarmed by W. & Co; plus people like my mom, my aunts and uncles, and the family that runs the deli next to my office building, who are not especially political sorts, but who think that W. is running the U.S. into the ground.

What brings all these people together, in my fantasy, is one message for this administration: Get Out.

That's what we all want, isn't it?

My admittedly unscientific sense is that a majority of Americans now thinks this administration is a threat to our democracy and/or national security. These are not frivolous concerns -- they're the kind of urgent concerns that people in a democracy have a right, and a duty, to voice.

A lot of Americans would like to see the president & vice president removed specifically through impeachment. Still others, I suspect, don't feel that impeachment is something they can speak about authoritatively at this point (which specific charges, and what are their merits, for example, is an open question for them), or they don't think impeachment can be carried out successfully for various reasons, etc. But many of these same people, I think, would feel perfectly comfortable saying "This administration has done a terrible job, I don't trust them, and I want them out now."

That message, that the president and vice president should just resign already, wouldn't preclude impeachment of course. In fact, if the message were loudly delivered, I think impeachment proceedings would be more likely. (Whether they would result in removals from office is another matter, if only due to time constraints, but substantive impeachment charges would still be worth prosecuting, IMO.)

In the meantime, though, it would be nice to see a little direct democracy in action. To see the people of this country act as if we, and not just our representatives in government and the media who have their own motivations, had a say in this mess. The White House does belong to us, after all.