David Paul Kuhn, RCP
President Obama's re-election campaign reportedly plans to embrace the populist cause of the Occupy Wall Street movement. The critical question is whether he will ally with the movement itself. Obama might delight liberals if he does. He would also jeopardize his own re-election.Liberals today, understandably, take comfort in public opinion polls that show a majority of Americans agree with activists' broad populist views. But protesters can fight the majority's cause and still lose the majority in the fight.In August 1968, a slim majority of Americans believed the Vietnam War...
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