dick greenhaus says; " Power in politics is most effectively used in threatening to defeat "bad" candiates, rather than trying to create "good" ones"
I totally agree.
But the power in politics is now money. The Tea Party has lots and lots of money (from Koch, Scaife, etc.) OWS does not have money, it just has people. And OWS is in fact all about getting the money *out* of politics.