"Here, finally, is the Barack Obama many of us thought we had elected in 2008." -- Robt. Reich
If you had any doubts that the Occupy Movement was impacting the presidential elections, check out Pres. Obama's Osawatomie, Kansas speech yesterday, where he channels trust-busting Teddy Roosevelt in a rousing bit of populism aimed directly at Wall Street greed and the growing wealth gap that remains the biggest threat to democracy.
Inequality...distorts our democracy. It gives an outsized voice to the few who can afford high-priced lobbyists and unlimited campaign contributions, and runs the risk of selling out our democracy to the highest bidder. And it leaves everyone else rightly suspicious that the
