Again, the street theater can be not so funny, not so fun. This is from the AP:

Members of the Connecticut delegation said they were attacked by protesters when they got off their bus near the Xcel Center, KMSP-TV reported. Delegate Rob Simmons told the station that a group of protesters came toward his delegation and tried to rip the credentials off their necks and sprayed them with a toxic substance that burned their eyes and stained their clothes. One 80-year-old member of the delegation had to be treated for injuries, and several other delegates had to rinse their eyes and clothing, the station reported.

(For the full article, go here.) If right-wingers did such things at Democratic conventions, I have a feeling that Republican pols would have to denounce and disavow them. Don’t you?