What lies ahead for OWS

Hendrik Hertzberg sees danger ahead, and puts things excellently:

Unlike the Tea Party, which was born when the alien/socialist enemy held all three of Washington’s elected redoubts, Occupy Wall Street inhabits a different political world, one whose most prominent figure, the President, has fallen short of not only many Occupiers’ hopes but also his own—in large part because of the Republicans’ conscienceless exploitation of the perverse veto points of the congressional machine. Yes, O.W.S. has “changed the conversation.” But talk, however necessary, is cheap.

(Image: "A protester wears a dollar bill over his mouth at the start of a march by demonstrators opposed to corporate profits on Wall Street on Sept. 30, 2011 New York City." (Mario Tama/Getty Images, via ABC News)