Get back to me in three years and let me know what the OWS approval ratings are. You seem to forget that during its first year on the scene the Tea Party also had support of over a third of Americans:
Link 1,
Link 2, &
Link 3. They were sitting at 41% approval rating in late December 2009, with more than four out of every 10 American's supporting them.
After 3 years of trying to keep a movement going, negative media attention, and message burnout their approval ratings have fallen.
OWS approval rating is good right now. Its also in its infancy in terms of exposure. Doesn't take away from their good numbers at the moment, but I'm not going to read any huge message into it since it was literally 2 years ago that an entirely different movement had the same if not better approval numbers. I will say Republicans should be glad this is happening a year out from the election rather than leading up to it, as it would provide a nice surge for Democrats. This far out though, and because OWS seems to be taking a "sprint" approach as to the Tea Parties "Marathon" approach, it's impact could be much different 6 to 8 months down the line.
