Occupy Protests Gain Support of Democrats

I'm amazed at how the country's descended into some kind of mass stupification.

At New York Times, "Protests Offer Help, and Risk, for Democrats":

WASHINGTON — Leading Democratic figures, including party fund-raisers and a top ally of President Obama, are embracing the spread of the anti-Wall Street protests in a clear sign that members of the Democratic establishment see the movement as a way to align disenchanted Americans with their party.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the party’s powerful House fund-raising arm, is circulating a petition seeking 100,000 party supporters to declare that “I stand with the Occupy Wall Street protests.”

The Center for American Progress, a liberal organization run by John D. Podesta, who helped lead Mr. Obama’s 2008 transition, credits the protests with tapping into pent-up anger over a political system that it says rewards the rich over the working class — a populist theme now being emphasized by the White House and the party. The center has encouraged and sought to help coordinate protests in different cities.

Judd Legum, a spokesman for the center, said that its direct contacts with the protests have been limited, but that “we’ve definitely been publicizing it and supporting it.”

Right.

Soros is funding the damned protests, but the Times is a leftist mouthpiece, so they're busy whitewashing the progressive astroturfing.

And see ABC News, "Democrats Seek to Own 'Occupy Wall Street' Movement."

Plus, Allahpundit as well, "Bloomberg to Occupy Wall Street protesters: Feel free to stay forever."