Folks might enjoy checking out freerepublic.com where discussion of Seattle and the WTO has been intense. The rightwingers don't know what to do with it. You have the minority that thinks the WTO is groovy-keen and think all the opponents are communists, but the vast majority see the WTO as part of the black helicopter New World Order. Those folks are divided between the Buchananites who are cheering the coalition of right and left against the WTO versus those who deplore the violence and see some kind of nefarious back-handed pro-Clinton plot in the whole endeavor, probably in collusion with the Chinese.
Most striking is activism-envy. Those who see a nefarious plot question how so many people got there with so little media warning, but the others who recognize the work that went into planning the Battle in Seattle lament that the rightwingers could not organize similar numbers in Washington DC against Clinton during the impeachment trial.
There are a lot of comments like "I've hated unions since 196- but you got to admire them here, maybe they're returning to their roots of fighting the system." It is notable for how real dramatic action can force a change in perception and subtle change in allegiance, since if unions are seen as grassroots activists, they gain new sympathy from unlikely quarters.
So just one data point on random successes of the Battle in Seattle.
-- Nathan Newman