What's different now is that while political leaders used to give talking points to talk radio, now talk-radio hosts are giving talking points to political leaders. It's all part of the suffocating spin cycle we're in. In media, politics and publishing, the conventional wisdom is to play to this base.

The American people are smart. They've gotten sick of the predictable hyperpartisan talking points and canned anger.

The American people are smart. They've gotten sick of the predictable hyperpartisan talking points and canned anger.