WISCONSIN WAS A SMILEY-FACE GOOD-GOVERNMENT PLACE, UNTIL THE RICE BOWLS WERE THREATENED: The Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate JoAnne Kloppenburg takes the nonpartisan election in a strongly partisan direction.

Now the mask is off, and you have to wonder if this is what was always there, behind the smiley-face.

UPDATE: Democrats ‘Targeting’ Wisconsin Congressman. Wait, I thought that was supposed to be out-of-bounds hate speech. The rules change so fast. . . .

ANOTHER UPDATE: Video: Wisconsin Protesters Surround Bus With Republican Senators, Bang on Windows and Doors.

If the protesters were Tea Partiers, this would be lawless, KKK-style mob violence. Since they’re pro-union Democrats, it’s just righteous indignation.