Public Support Saves Occupy Wall Street – NYTimes.com

Is this a tipping point in US politics? First the Tea Party, now Occupy Wall Street?

The abrupt and unexpected reversal, loudly cheered by rain-soaked demonstrators in the early morning darkness, averted a dangerous clash at the southern tip of Manhattan and seemed to give the unfolding protests against corporate greed, once dismissed as aimless and ephemeral, a growing air of credibility and endurance.

Behind the scenes, interviews suggested, the change in course was fueled by an intensifying sense of alarm within city government, shared even among some of those who work for Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, that sending scores of police officers into the park would set off an ugly, public showdown that might damage the reputation of the city as well as its mayor.

via Occupy Wall Street Protesters Remain in Zuccotti Park as Cleanup Is Canceled – NYTimes.com.