Go!
I would go, absolutely. Toss the kiddo in the mei tai, grab a small bag of essentials and hit the road. A lot of people bring kids to marches, lots of people take short trips with kids, plus it will be great!
I am one of those crowd-cautious types personally, and I manage to keep an eye on what's going on so I can step back if things get weird/scary/too exciting/too close, and even I would go if I were close-ish.
It would be so cool to go.

go for all of us who want to go but can't find a way to go.

and be sure to blog about it when you return!!

You're so lucky. I wanna see the clintons and jackson and sharpton!!

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I was listening to Obama on NPR this morning. Sigh. Go! Go!! Tell us all what it was like. If I am correct, a mai tai is very much like the ergo carrier right? If It is, Then you should have no trouble. I took my three year old all over the place in my carrier a few months ago while on vacation. Hours spent walking & he was fine. Even got in a good nap here & there. Have fun & don't forget to report back with your impressions of the event.

But that's mostly because of his diabetes & the inability to keep his routine in such a situation. When he was younger & hadn't presented yet I would take him but only to small events. To my experience the larger the event the more unpredictable & I'm okay with a level of risk for myself but I'm not okay with it for him. But that's just me.

"I have no country. As a woman, I want no country. As a woman my country is the whole world." - Virginia Woolf

Provided your little one travels fairly well in the car, one is still young enough that being carried shouldn't be an issue. I wouldn't attempt it with a child any older until you hit 6 or 7, but I dragged my daughter lots of places like that in her sling. I'm jealous that you're going *g*.