"The 99 percent have woken up and
we're not going to take it anymore," Occupy activist Stephen Toothman,
of Des Moines, said as an advance guard met Tuesday to decide which
candidates to target in the coming week.
Hundreds of Occupy activists from at least
10 states were expected to participate in a "People's Caucus" near the
Capitol to plot activities between now and the Jan. 3 caucuses. The
activists are promising to interrupt candidates at events and camp out
at their Iowa campaign offices. They say they want to change the
political dialogue, but critics fear their tactics could tarnish Iowa's
reputation for civil political discourse ahead of the contest. Activists
say mass arrests are possible.