Original sentence: Critics point out that he's defended the Bush administration by claiming that Republicans did not exploit the issue of gay marriage in the presidential election of 2004, however, Republicans pushed for ballot initiatives to ban the practice in every swing state in the country to drive religious conservatives to the polls.Pat Caddell is a former United States Democratic Party pollster who has had harsh words for his party
Edited sentence: Critics point out that he has defended the Bush administration by claiming that Republicans did not exploit the issue of gay marriage in the presidential election of 2004, however, Republicans pushed for ballot initiatives to ban the practice in every swing state in the country to drive religious conservatives to the polls.Pat Caddell is a former United States Democratic Party pollster who has had harsh words for his party as it has headed steadliy to the left under the guidance of radical blogs and MoveOn