‘Occupy Wall Street’ Protests Offer Obama Opportunity and Threats – NYTimes.com

Are the Democrats worthy?

To hear some Democratic analysts tell it, the mushrooming protests could be the start of a populist movement on the left that counterbalances the surge of the Tea Party on the right, and closes what some Democrats fear is an “enthusiasm gap” between their party and Republicans in the 2012 election.

But that assumes the president is able to win the support of these insurgents, rather than be shunned by them.

via ‘Occupy Wall Street’ Protests Offer Obama Opportunity and Threats – NYTimes.com.