Wonkette's operatives report from on the scene:

• "The Clinton magic is gone. It is pissing rain. Fresh new sod on ground is melting off the hillside. When Kerry showed up on Jumbo-Tron a big chant went up. Started a little 'Kerry, Kerry.'"

• "Gore....well-fed with a little tiny umbrella that will fall apart probably before Clinton is finished speaking. Looked like he'd just shelled out $10 for it. It didn't quite cover him and Tipper. Winners get bigger umbrellas. And libraries."

• "Sure, it's a fancy big glass double-wide library, but where is the retractable roof? It's a sea of umbrellas, soggy midweight wool suits and mud smeared high healed shoes that have aerated the soggy lawn."