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

I'm a right-wing pundit and have been for many years.

Create your own constituency of the infuriated.

Took me a while to get to the point today, but that is because I did not know what the point was when I started.

Decide on some imperfect Somebody and you will win, because the truest truism in politics is: You can't beat Somebody with Nobody.

If you re-read your work, you can find on re-reading a great deal of repetition can be avoided by re-reading and editing.

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.