It's a shame that for all the hype, OWS accomplished absolutely nothing.
I never once thought that something
specific was going to come of the Occupy Wall Street protests.
It was Wall Street / Republicans that begged for a specific demand as you can attack specifics.
The strength of OWS was it didn't have specific demands and goals. OWS is the first in a likely series of protests attempting to accomplish something very difficult ... major change to major public structures (government, politics, financial systems).
Keep in mind, these protests
went global. Most major cities around the world had an Occupy Wall Street protest. It's a little hard to say they "accomplished" "nothing". I'm pretty sure the Tea Party protests won't be going global.
I think of OWS as the first protest in a series of protests that are democracy's version of the Arab Spring.
OWS also showed the Democrats their political strategy for the 2012.
Democrats: The party of the 99%.
I don't know of many fights where the 99% lost.
I pulled out the most interesting part of the article .. the quote from Frank Luntz.
May you live in Interesting Times [Chinese Proverb]