The Occupy Wall Street protests seem to have taken up space in the midstream media that would have otherwise been used by Solyndra, Beacon Power, Fiskar, Fast and Furious, and growing calls for Eric Holder to resign. So they have probably accomplished their tactical purpose for the Obama White House.
Which leads us to speculate, one year ahead of the 2012 general election, what are the middle and end games for the OWS 'movement'.
As more and more people no longer receive unemployment benefits that have maxed out, some of them will just hang out at the OWS sites instead of looking for work. This means more chances for trouble and favorable MSNBC style coverage without the organizers having to spend more money.
The end game scenarios are more disturbing.
Most likely is an orchestrated widespread upswing in disruptive actions and real and threatened violence, in order to try to suppress voter turnout of the law abiding kind.
Unlikely but possible; enough violence to allow martial law to be declared just before the election.
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