# line-breaks are noted by '%' sign

{
  <start> 
  <open> % <close> % <pundit>
}

{
  <open> 
  <prep> <crisis> <rep> <verb> <state> .|
}

{
  <close> 
  <prep_d> <dem> <verb_d> <state> .|
}

{
  <pundit> 
  <pun> <verb_p> <p_thought> .|
}

{
  <prep> 
  After the | Because of the | As a result of |  
}

{
  <prep_d> 
  Meanwhile | Simultaneously | This comes as |  
}

{
  <crisis> 
  "Olive Garden Incident" | charges of elitism | concerns of infidelity |  
}

{
  <verb> 
  faces grim numbers in | has lost points in | is losing voters in | has fallen in | recently conceded | 
}

{
  <verb_d> 
  is gaining in | recently locked up | has increased the lead in | is picking up voters in | recently gained points in | 
}

{
  <verb_p> 
  believes | thinks | observes | opines | sings | 
}

{
  <state> 
  Texas | North Carolina | Pennslyvania |  
}

{
  <p_thought> 
  the race is tightening | the democrats are making inroads with voters | the weather is an underconsidered factor | people are ready to go back to the way things were | change is bullshit | 
}

{
  <rep> 
  Jeb Bush | Mike Huckabee | Sarah Palin | Mitt Romney | Tim Pawlenty | 
}

{
  <dem> 
  Barack Obama | Barack Obama | Barack Obama | Hillary Clinton | Joe Biden |
}

{
  <pun> 
  Campbell Brown | Bill O'Reilly | Jon Stewart | Elton John | 
}