Occupy Wall Street

Poll: Majority Of New Yorkers Disapprove Of Bloomberg On Occupy Wall Street

David Taintor | December 14, 2011, 2:23PM

New Yorkers apparently aren't thrilled that Mayor Michael Bloomberg approved a middle-of-the-night raid on Occupy Wall Street's Zuccoti Park encampment, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll.

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Lindsey Graham

Protestors Occupy Lindsey Graham's D.C. Fundraiser (VIDEO)

Ryan J. Reilly | December 8, 2011, 5:33PM

The same group that crashed Newt Gingrich's fundraiser on Wednesday night invaded a private fundraiser Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) held at a D.C. restaurant on Thursday.

Demonstrators with Take Back The Capitol walked into Johnny's Half Shell as Graham and his supporters were enjoying their salad course. Graham listened to the protestors tell stories about being unemployed as other attendees either listened to the protestors or awkwardly stared at their plates.

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Chuck Schumer

Schumer: GOP Message Machine Can't Save Them From Tax Debacle

Brian Beutler | December 7, 2011, 2:26PM

Elaborating on a premise that should be familiar to TPM readers, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) told reporters Wednesday that the political terrain has shifted so much over the last several months that the GOP's playbook isn't working -- and it has them badly wrongfooted.

"You have to follow the broad movements underground that affect our politics," he said. "And it's happening. And they seem to be just stuck on the wrong side of issue after issue after issue. They're very good at messaging. They're very good, you know, they have some media people who just follow their line....but the weight of the issues and the place where America is at is so overwhelming that's no longer enough to sustain them."

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Nancy Pelosi

Pelosi: Occupy Movement Enhances Dems' National Message

Brian Beutler | December 5, 2011, 5:33AM

Despite some unfavorable polling, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi still thinks the Occupy movement has been politically helpful to Democrats.

In an interview with TPM on Friday, she said there's no recent precedent for the sort of election House Democrats are going into. In 1994 and 2010, Congressional Republicans ran against Washington controlled by Democrats. In 2006, Congressional Democrats ran against Republican corruption and President George W. Bush. This time around, President Obama will carry the national message for the party while individual candidates use it as they see fit to win in their districts. That national message, Pelosi said, has much greater salience thanks to the Occupiers.

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Occupy Wall Street

30 Tons Of Debris Left Behind At Occupy L.A. Camp

David Taintor | December 1, 2011, 12:55PM

Occupy protestors in Los Angeles were evicted from their encampment earlier this week, and sanitation officials on Wednesday said they are expecting to haul away 30 tons of debris from the cleared camp, the Los Angeles Times reports.

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Occupy Wall Street

Republicans Learn How To Spin Occupy Wall Street

Igor Bobic | December 1, 2011, 10:09AM

Yahoo News' Chris Moody knocks it out of the ball park with his latest report from Orlando, Florida, where the Republican Governors Association met with top GOP message-man-turned-Yoda Frank Luntz. The crux of their meeting? Learning how to wiggle out of uncomfortable moments whenever questioned about the politically inconvenient Occupy Wall Street movement.

Staring down a crazed youth angry about inequality? Don't panic, says Luntz. Instead, follow this handy-dandy guide guaranteed to help pacify your subject, explain that things actually aren't all that bad, and that Republican policies can make it better.

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