December 7th, 2011
The Occupy Wall Streeters, whether they bathe or don’t bathe or drum or don’t drum, articulated it first. A strong majority of Americans is fed up with stagnation, with inequality, with the unfairness of the economic system. The minority—the Tea Party, Wall Street, and its paid agents in the GOP—are vocal and powerful. But the majority’s views are clear. The time has finally come to change the political economy.
Our columnist Michael Tomasky writes how Obama is setting the stage for a national showdown with the GOP over the middle class. Game on. (via newsweek)

∞05:11 pm, reblogged  by luvst0ned ∩160
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    They didn’t articulate it first, they were heard first.
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    Here’s the thing about Obama, he’s a wonderful speaker. He’s charismatic and charming. The thing he’s not is a strong...