Douglas Schoen's poll regarding the Occupy Wall Street protesters, published to the Wall Street Journal, is more than just ironic given the publication's namesake, but blatantly biased.
Schoen, an entrepreneur and economic analyst for Fox News as well as political strategist for, most notably, the Clinton administration, set out to gain a better understanding of the people that made up the Occupy Wall Street movement. By "gain a better understanding" I mean finding the basis of truth in the lie he wished to propogate in the intelligence-insulting poll article he released.
The article paints the Occupy Wall Street crowd as a band of unwashed political dissidents or rebels without a cause (or clue). To his credit, Schoen did away with any far-Right cliches such as "socialist" and tried his little heart out to make the article seem fair and balanced.
What we have here is a backhanded compliment to the Democratic party, whose most prominent members Nancy Pelosi and of course, President Obama, have embraced. The compliment being that he cites a historical precedent, recalling the Democrats' alignment with the 1970 anti-war movement. To this writer, it's a lot like saying the Democrats are the only party to have ever aligned themselves with a major public movement.
Perhaps he's never heard of the Tea Party, seeing as how busy he had been supporting Democratic campaigns, no?
Again, to the credit of Schoen, he encourages the Democrats to seek out middle-ground, swing-voters as they are a larger base. But when you have that many guaranteed (and I must re-emphasize "guaranteed") votes, it goes back to the old saying about a bird in the hand being worth "two in the bush." Schoen's clout as a political strategist leaves much to be desired in this poll.
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