An Occupy Wall Street commercial (think about that for a moment):

I want to see more serious political conversation starting to happen.

I want corporations out of the government and I want people back in.

I want peace rather than militarization.

I want the top wealthiest Americans to be taxed higher and that money to go to education.

I want economic justice.

I want to be able to speak my voice without jeopardizing my job.

I want a greater regulation of the banks and the markets.

I want my kids to have a job and health care.

I want true Democracy for the ninety-nine percent of us who don’t have it anymore.

[OccupyWallStreet

http://www.occupywallst.org]

Why, that’s mainstream America:

Topline Results of Oct. 9-10, 2011, TIME Poll

TIME MAGAZINE/ABT SRBI – October 9- 10, 2011 Survey

BASE=1,001 Adults Except Where Noted

….Q12. DO YOU AGREE OR DISAGREE WITH THAT POSITION?

B. THE GAP BETWEEN RICH AND POOR IN THE UNITED STATES HAS GROWN TOO LARGE

BASE: FAMILIAR WITH PROTESTS (787)

AGREE 79%

DISAGREE 17%

NO ANSWER/DON’T KNOW 3%

Q12. DO YOU AGREE OR DISAGREE WITH THAT POSITION?

C. EXECUTIVES OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FINANCIAL MELTDOWN IN 2008 SHOULD BE PROSECUTED

BASE: FAMILIAR WITH PROTESTS (787)

AGREE 71%

DISAGREE 23%

NO ANSWER/DON’T KNOW 6%

Q12. DO YOU AGREE OR DISAGREE WITH THAT POSITION?

D. THE RICH SHOULD PAY MORE TAXES

BASE: FAMILIAR WITH PROTESTS (787)

AGREE 68%

DISAGREE 28%

NO ANSWER/DON’T KNOW 4%

….

The media emphasis in the conversation has certainly changed from a few months ago. It used to be deficit scolds around the clock, now we’re talking about how they broke the economy and the people who benefited from that redistribution of the wealth upward in the last decade.

It’s a start.