Pundits, pols weigh in on Occupy Wall Street movement

Although the mainstream media is now particularly fascinated with the Occupy Wall Street movement happening in their backyard in Zuccotti Park in Manhattan, the demonstrations have become a nationwide event over the past week, with similar rallies held in Tampa, Sarasota and in most other states of our union (those demonstrations continued in Tampa over the week).

The Sunday morning television programs had their paid analysts weigh in on the subject, as did a few GOP candidates.

None of those candidates have been more mean-spirited about the protests than the current flavor of the month, Herman Cain, who appeared on CNN and CBS's Face the Nation, where he told a somewhat incredulous Bob Schieffer that the movement is simply a tool of unions, and that they are un-American.

This article appears in Oct 6-12, 2011.