How many were in DC to protest big gov't?

Was the official tally of protesters over the weekend in Washington, DC, in the thousands, tens of thousands, or hundreds of thousands?

Major media outlets are reporting that "thousands" of TEA Party (Taxed Enough Already) protestors lined Pennsylvania Avenue on Saturday. The protestors came from all over the United States to show their disgust with what they see as out-of-control spending and an unprecedented expansion of federal government.

Now a controversy has arisen over the real number of protesters in the nation's capital, and whether the media is trying to push the protest under the rug. Mike Maynard is a TEA party protestor who was at the event...