Original sentence: As of 2005, the political climate remains polarized in the history of the nation as debates continue over abortion, stem cell research, separation of church and state issues, and gay marriage, as well as the ongoing conflict in Iraq
Edited sentence: As of 2005, the political climate remains one of the most tensely polarized in the history of the nation.Bush, re-elected by one of the narrowest percentage margins in the history of the nation (just under four million votes), is lauded by his conservative base for his hard-line stance on moral issues such as abortion, stem cell research, separation of church and state issues, and gay marriage, while he is harshly chastized by the liberal half of the American populace for those same stances (and the continuing American occupation of Iraq, which despite a remarkably quick-and-successful invasion has had a climbing American death toll due to a post-invasion insurgency].President George W