Barron's is not a DNC parrot. The article goes to great lengths to describe how successful their corollary has been.
"Noob"? As in "newbie"? That's the parlance of zit-faced teens who post on message boards in between rounds of Doom 3 death-matches. I'm quite surprised to find it here on FR.
Irregardless of the accuracy of the analysis, the last thing GOP'ers need to tie their horses to NOW is a "credible" article suggesting the base doesn't need to be as up in arms as it appears to be.