The unwashed mob that is the protesters are only impressing those who are already sympathetic to them.Normal, responsible people are repelled by them."
I'd like to agree with you, but intimidation works. How many other states (like Indiana) will now not try for reforms? How many state GOP senators are wavering and may switch sides? We will see, but one of the tactical strengths of the left is their willingness to use street theater and actual violence to achieve their goals. It is a real problem on how to counter them because conservatives have full lives and leftists are monomaniacal for their cause.
Yep, us Tea Partiers are innocent babes compared to the vicious unions fighting for a bigger piece of our tax dollars. No contest.