I love that some of these politicians are assholes on a personal level about things like the leaves on the street or whatever the Rand Paul issue was, and that their neighbors feel empowered to deal with it on a purely interpersonal level. I'm not kidding. I can't stop talking about how much I like that the political system in the US is that way.
I think -- I'm being dead serious -- that in the vast majority of countries, if you punched a politician for a reason of pure interpersonal conflict and nothing related to politics, the police and courts would make it a huge deal, because that is a special type of person you're supposed to honor the better-than-you-ness of.
Edit: I am wrong, dude got a felony and is facing maybe 10 years