The opening session of the Take Back The American Dream Conference here in Washington — a progressive confab led by former Obama administration official and Glenn Beck enemy Number One Van Jones — sought to find common ground with the protest movement on Wall Street, which some are already looking towards as the start of a progressive tea party.Attendees here opened the conference an hour early for an update on the growing protests in New York, and talk of the occupation on Wall Street sprinkled into the opening speeches.
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