Pryvit! Again writing on the morning after Day 13, Saturday. The crowd was by far the largest to date. It was virtually impossible to get onto Maidan. People were packed solid all the way back to Passage, Prorizna, and up Institutska to the Zhotnevy Palace. There was a new stage setup at the Passage entrance and music acts were doing performances.

We ducked into a bar that happened to be a big PORA center. They had the whole second floor occupied and their own security at the bottom of the stairs. It seemed their were some foreign journalists there as well. Pairs of PORA people were carrying large thermos like containers in and out of the place, up and down the stairs. On the first floor, near the bar there was no where to sit, but this older Ukrainian couple invited us to join them. Enthusiastic Yushchenko supporters they were excited by the fact that we're Americans. The man, Volodymyr, explained that his daughter in law was a Yanukovich supporter. Her father ran an iron chain manufacturing business that he received by virtue of the Yanukovich clan. The way things work here.

Yush. failed to push the election reform bill through the VR so, at this point, the rerun will be done under the same old rules (including absentee ballots). On top of that, the VR decided to take their scheduled vacation and are closing for 10 days. The CEC is still comprised of the same people as in the prior election. Yanuk. and his government are still in place. None of these issues were addressed in Yushchenko's speech last night. He also did not clearly ask people to stay on Maydan. The MC that came on after Yush. made it clear that no one is to leave maydan. I don't think the rerun under the old law and with the same CEC contingent will be fair (I trust them zero), others feel it's a good way to go….maybe I'm just bumping up against a little emotional burn out.

Today, Sunday Day 14 will be dedicated to physical and emotional recharge. Family day.

Petro out.