Major rift emerging in the Democratic Party?

Portland Mayor Sam Adams is a self-described strong liberal, but despite sharing the politics of many anti-Wall Street protesters who rocked his city, he has also emerged as one of their harshest critics 

Adams told Reuters this week in an interview at City Hall in Portland that the movement had lost its focus.The Oregon mayor’s running argument with the Occupy movement, much of it conducted openly over Twitter, points to a similar rift between left-wing protesters and liberal politicians in cities across the country, from Los Angeles to Atlanta.

Occupy protesters have denounced economic inequality and the perceived undue power of the wealthy. But they have also clashed with liberal politicians in ways that suggest the movement will not necessarily align with Democratic officials and candidates, political analysts said.

Adams is one of several mayors who, despite expressing sympathy with the Occupy movement, said his duty to maintain law and order compelled him to send in police to dismantle protest camps.

Read the rest at Raw Story

Liberal Portland mayor emerges as Occupy critic

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Liberalism is being forced to show its true colors, and they are not red, white, and blue. Expect a major kerfuffle for control of the Democratic Party to be a developing trend, as TPTB get called out as hypocrites. Occupy and 99% are not safe for Democrats.

There is a huge political reconfiguration going on and how it is going to shake out is yet unclear. It is already clear that the traditional GOP is over, and it looks like the traditional Democratic Party is about to meet the same time moves on and the Establishment does not change to meet new challenges.

UPDATE: In These Times by Joe Macaré
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