WALTER RUSSELL MEAD: Occupy, Phase 2: Irrelevance. “The inescapable truth is that the worst U.S. recession since the Great Depression has so far conspicuously failed to generate a serious populist movement on the Left. Ron Paul has made a bigger impact on American politics than Occupy—and his presidential campaign is an electoral non-starter. That is how lame Occupy is. This so-called ‘movement’ doesn’t even have the clout and enthusiasm to match one wing of the Tea Party—the weak wing.”