Mailer has it almost right, but the street protesters anarchists are the explosive heart of the Democratic party. This is exactly what sKerry himself would've supported in Chicago's 1968 violent anti-war riots.
Tom Hayden is one of the organizers of this upcoming rioting in NYC. He was also tried, convicted and sentenced for crossing state lines to incite riots at the 1968 DNC convention. Remember the Chicago 7?
I heard a segment on Hannity's show last week where he spoke with about a half dozen different organizers of various of these "protester" groups coming to NYC. He asked each of them if they would publicly renounce acts of violence and tell their members that they do not condone any violence. To the man, every single one of these organizers refused.
It's my opinion that this is going to be major ugly.