One difference in your analogy was that the protestors in Chicago in 1968 were not Republican supporters, trying to disrupt the DNC convention. They were hard-core leftists protesting the DNC platform. They made visible how out of control the Dem leadership was, leading voters to choose a never-liked but perceived as more adult Nixon choice (even with the ridiculous choice of Spiro Agnew as veep.
This time the anarchists in NYC will be seen as leftists, who trashed Seattle and Genoa and how have tried to trash every city hosting pro-capitalism meetings for the past ten years.
Their behavior will not turn voters toward the Kedwards.
I didn't make an analogy, I disputed a previous one made by another poster.
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This time the anarchists in NYC will be seen as leftists.....
Unless the press decides to show pictures of cops and/or NG in riot gear with darkened visors and clubs in their hands as the bad guys and the rioters as victims. I've done crowd control in NYC that was covered by the media. To say that they got it backwards would be to understate.