The Wall Street Occupiers And The Democratic Party

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http://www.nationofchange.org/wall-street-occupiers-and-democratic-party-1318084743

Will the Wall Street Oc­cu­piers morph into a move­ment that has as much im­pact on the De­mo­c­ra­tic Party as the Tea Party has had on the GOP? Maybe. But there are rea­sons for doubt­ing it.

Tea Partiers have been a mixed bless­ing for the GOP es­tab­lish­ment – a source of new ground troops and en­ergy but also a pain in the as­sets with re­gard to at­tract­ing in­de­pen­dent vot­ers. As Rick Perry and Mitt Rom­ney square off, that pain will be­come more ev­i­dent.

So far the Wall Street Oc­cu­piers have helped the De­mo­c­ra­tic Party. Their in­choate de­mand that the rich pay their fair share is tai­lor-made for the De­moc­rats’ new plan for a 5.6 per­cent tax on mil­lion­aires, as well as the Pres­i­dent’s push to end the Bush tax cut for peo­ple with in­comes over $250,000 and to limit de­duc­tions at the top.

And the Oc­cu­piers give the Pres­i­dent a po­ten­tial cam­paign theme. “These days, a lot of folks who are doing the right thing aren’t re­warded and a lot of folks who aren’t doing the right thing are re­warded,” he said at his news con­fer­ence this week, pre­dict­ing that the frus­tra­tion fu­el­ing the Oc­cu­piers will “ex­press it­self po­lit­i­cally in 2012 and be­yond until peo­ple feel like once again we’re get­ting back to some old-fash­ioned Amer­i­can val­ues.”

[polichick]

1. imo Occupy Wall Street is as much about an enabling Democratic Party as it is about...

...the corporate whores on the right.

Let's face it, the prez didn't have to infuse his administration with Goldman Sachs.

I'd like to see the prez grasp the real message and not just run on what is politically convenient.

[Citizen Worker]

2. The biggest strategic blunder the Occupy Wall Street movement could make is to ally itself with the

Democratic Party. Just look at Wisconsin to the see the results of just such an alliance.

[ixion]

3. I agree completely

as soon as the Dem 'leadership' is involved, the movement is neutralized.

[bemildred]

4. Indeed. The last thing to do is to engage with the establishment you want to get rid of.

They will not play fair, or be honest, or keep their word.

[dtexdem]

5. Exactly right. OWS and OA are a movement that should not be tied to any party.

If the Dems are pushed to the left by Occupy, great. But Occupy should not allow itself to be captured by the Democratic Party.

And the GOP claim that OWS is a Dem Party ploy is what most GOP statements are: pure lies.