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Joan Vennochi

A safe distance from Occupy

Warren claimed to have influenced the movement, then backed off

By Joan Vennochi

 |  Globe Columnist  

  December 18, 2011

In one moment of candor tinged with a touch of hubris, Elizabeth Warren suggested that she provided the intellectual foundation for the Occupy Wall Street movement. It may be true, but Warren also kept a safe political distance from protesters who pitched tents in the movement’s name. Her caution highlights the conventional wisdom about the strategy behind Warren’s campaign to unseat Republican Senator Scott Brown. It hinges on luring independents in the center, not on playing heroine to the left.

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