[shrinkermd]

Too long, too wordy and too condescending. They should reread the "Gettysburg Address" for an example of brevity before they try again.

[Gondring]

Too long, too wordy and too condescending. They should reread the "Gettysburg Address" for an example of brevity before they try again.

Most definitely. I even have to edit this gem:

This is the Republican party of today--[...] a party whose constituents are surprisingly comfortable with bad-but-popular liberal ideas like raising the minimum wage, expanding clumsy environmental regulations, or hiking taxes on the wealthy to fund a health care entitlement.

Sure hit the nail on the head, though.