One of the most interesting things about last night's Republican presidential candidates debate was hearing the contenders talk about the Occupy Wall Street movement.

They clearly get that the Tea Party is part of the 99 percent, and so what came out of their mouths in relation to the Occupy movement were things that would (almost) fit right in down at Westlake.

For example, Newt Gingrich:

Virtually every American has a reason to be angry. I think virtually every American has a reason to be worried.

I think the people who are protesting on Wall Street break into two groups. One is left-wing agitators who would be happy to show up next week on any other topic, and the other is sincere middle-class people who, frankly, are very close to the Tea Party people and actually care.

And you can tell which group is which. The people who are decent, responsible citizens pick up after themselves. The people who are just out there as activists trash the place and walk off and are proud of having trashed it. So let's draw that distinction.

If they want to really change things, the first person to fire is Bernanke, who is a disastrous chairman of the Federal Reserve. The second person to fire is Geithner.

The fact is, in both the Bush and the Obama administrations, the fix has been in. And I think it's perfectly reasonable for people to be angry. But let's be clear who put the fix in: The fix was put in by the federal government.

You can hear these same ideas—minus the shot at "left-wing agitators," but including the shots at Bush, Obama, Bernanke, and Geithner—at almost any Occupy gathering. Which is another sign that this movement is on to something big.