Boston

AT LEAST ROBERT BOROSAGE is honest with his audience. A thousand people have packed the grand ballroom at the Royal Sonesta Hotel, and the event organizers tell me the line outside of those who couldn’t get in stretches for nearly a mile. The crowd has gathered for a “Take Back America” rally put on by the Campaign for America’s Future.

The rally promises appearances by Howard Dean and Michael Moore, so you can see why the audience would groan when Borosage, a co-director of the Campaign for America’s Future, opens by saying, “We’ve all been told in our instructions not to do any Bush bashing.” Not to worry: The doctor is in.