Like I have repeatedly said, L. Ron Paul (And his supporters) have gone so far Right, that they came back out on the Left.
That’s what Rush used to say. Politics is a circle and you can go so far right that you end up on the left.
When Ron Paul announced in 2007, 4 years ago, the antiwar crowd was not really a big part of Ron Paul’s base. They were all Democrats. Ron Paul’s base was goldbugs, conspiracy theorists, Birchers, and, to some degree, libertarians, although Ron Paul did not then and does not now agree with libertarians on all issues.
What has happened is antiwar people have become Ron Paul supporters, and libertarians have a much much larger place at the Ron Paul table. The old-time anti Govt people were told by the antiwar people that their conspiracy theories were hurting Ron Paul, but Ron Paul’s antiwar stances were to be encouraged.
There are some Ron Paul supporters who want to try to persuade occupy. There are other Ron Paul supporters who recognize that occupy is almost the opposite of Ron Paul.
Occupy is against markets. They’d rather the government hand you your stuff. They’d like a government job they can suck at or one that allows them to push you around. The one person I know that went to occupy also went to the SEIU protests.