Occupy Clashes Show Risks to Democrats in Embracing Protests
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Clashes between members of the Occupy Wall Street movement in Atlanta and Oakland with police followed by dozens of arrests underscore the hazards for Democrats in embracing the burgeoning movement.
“With any nascent movement like this, there are always going to be risks because they haven’t clarified what they stand for,” said Glenn Totten, a Democratic political consultant in Alexandria, Virginia. “Anytime you take to the streets there’s an inherent sense that you are somehow rabble-rousers.”