Newt Gingrich exploits politics of class and culture

Source: 
This article was from the Washington post from an "opinion writer."

Context:
This article was written in response to Gingrich's victory in South Carolina over Romney.

Purpose:
The author's purpose in creating this article was to explain, and perhaps exalt, Gingrich's political strategy.

Rhetorical Analysis/Effectiveness:
This author used very concise language. His sentence structure was relatively simple and he did not use any superfluous wording throughout. This definitely helps readers, especially those who aren't as familiar with politics (like myself), to better understand his points. Additionally, this author had a very biased tone. He did nothing but exalt Gingrich the whole 2 pages. This made me question the credibility of the author and the validity of the article. I am sure that every move Gingrich made was not as flawless as the author portrayed it as. However, to compensate for  this loss of credibility he used testimonies (albeit from very biased Gingrich supporters) and statistics to substantiate his findings. In my opinion though, an editorial is similar to a debate: you only mention information that supports your belief. I feel that the people who read this article, went in knowing this and therefore did not expect an entirely honest (in terms of including both the successes and failures of Gingrich's campaign) article. However, this article did give me a better understanding of Gingrich's political campaign and was successful in that manner.