It might be argued that Wolfe's portrait of the middle's muddle will be shocking only to a rarified and dogmatic crew of ideologues.
Wolfe's portrait was generally well received except by ideologues. 
mnli hypothesis: Wolfe's portrait was generally well received except by ideologues.  premise: It might be argued that Wolfe's portrait of the middle's muddle will be shocking only to a rarified and dogmatic crew of ideologues.