tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17206839.post3550503973854150851..comments2023-09-09T09:26:22.175-04:00Comments on Andrew Samwick's Blog: How Will Occupy Wall Street Become a Political Movement?Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13514024573333057559noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17206839.post-2198232845930606402012-01-09T10:59:09.596-05:002012-01-09T10:59:09.596-05:00That may all be true, but I think it would be a mi...That may all be true, but I think it would be a mistake for them to not draft their own candidates.<br /><br />Lots of people like to assert that they are changing the terms of the debate. Lots of debaters ignore them.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13514024573333057559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17206839.post-88794792534958774952012-01-09T09:46:45.269-05:002012-01-09T09:46:45.269-05:00OWS is a policies oriented movement, not a politic...OWS is a policies oriented movement, not a political power oriented movement. They seek to change the terms of the debate, not the debaters themselves.<br /><br />Obama told his supporters to go home and leave the health care and unemployment issues to the 1 percent policy elites instead of turning up the populist political heat. The result was a halfway advance in health care and pathetically weak job creation efforts. <br /><br />OWS does not seek new politicians as much as to remind politicians that the 1 percent may fund their political campaigns, but the 99 percent still have to turn out and vote and cannot be ignored. <br /><br />My prediction is that OWS will not enthusiastically line up behind any candidate. Candidates will have to actively court the OWS movement or they will stay home and not vote.<br /><br />-jonny bakhoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com