Sentence:  The clear winners in this cynical charade were the Clintonoid Democrats, who (as well as being hardened to switching and shifting between elitism and populism) could supply the most <WSD>cobwebbed</WSD> rules-monger on one hand—the aforementioned Senator Byrd—and the most sinuous arguments of the short-term general will on the other. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Old or outdated.