BATTLE LINES DRAWN

On one side are the poorly funded grassroots protesters. Opposing them is the well funded, highly organized Republican machine:

The police tape fluttering gently marks the front line. On one side sits a rag-tag collection of tents, home-made placards calling for the troops to come home and a long line of white crosses representing the soldiers killed in Iraq.

On the other side of the small country lane there is a smart collection of garden-style awnings filled with fold-out canvas chairs, lined with glossy placards proclaiming "Bush Country", "IM4W" and "Support Our Troops".

It's so unfair that Republicans have jobs.