Hard to apply the same rating standards to an opinion piece, which is valuable to the degree the writer's views are of interest.

It is a very personal take on the shallowness of political campaigning. I find it credible because the writer trained, as Clinton and Obama did, as a community organizer, and challenges them both to organize Americans to address the real and huge issues facing the nation. Campaign promises will fail if Americans don't recognize and become mobilized to support fights against the powers that truly rule behind the WA scenery.

My husband had worked with the health care system and with traditional healers in Swaziland in the 1980s. He felt the article was thorough, fair and balanced, and heart-breaking.

I did find this helpful, since I had not listened to the debate. I do tend to trust NPR, specifically, and fact-checkers with identified sources, generally, in helping me to get a better picture of the candidates' views.

I read the story because I respect Mr. Reich's thoughtful commentaries on other topics. The narrow focus of the story makes it difficult for me to answer some of the review questions, but I appreciated this as one more among many points of view to take into account in weighing candidates for the primary.

My only hesitation in giving this detailed and very informative article complete approval is uncertainty about whether the "official" point of view is fully represented. I admit to skimming for civil liberties issues, so I may have missed the relevant quotations.