I think that it's the job of the artist to be in transition and constantly learn more.
It's still going on. I guess it will be until Redmond quits, dies or is jailed.
It's not merely that conservatives are better at selling their product, or that they happen to have an easier-and undoubtedly simpler-ideological product to sell. It's that they know what they are selling. Liberals in general and Obama in particular cannot say the same.