You don't want lopsided government. You don't want one side running roughshod over the other.

Adjective salad is delicious, with each element contributing its individual and unique flavor; but a puree of adjective soup tastes yecchy.

Never put the story in the lead. Let 'em have a hot shot of ambiguity right between the eyes.

Create your own constituency of the infuriated.

Have a definite opinion.

I want my questions answered by an alert and experienced politician, prepared to be grilled and quoted -- not my hand held by an old smoothie.

Give your main clause a little space. Prose is not like boxing; the skilled writer deliberately telegraphs his punch, knowing that the reader wants to take the message directly on the chin.