That'ts good reasoning.
Did you happen to notice that Gold, in this interview, decries the "sound bite mentality" that, IMHO, was a large factor contributing to Goldwater's defeat in 1964.
It was bad then. It's worse today. And nearly every candidate plays it for all it's worth.
I was not born until 1965, so I missed out on the Goldwater campaign :( The recent defeat of the illegal amnesty bill may be a turning point of power away from the media crafted sound bite to the more well informed Internet connected citizens!