Unfortunately, the writers, Kario Salem, Lem Dobbs, and ScottMarshall Smith, and the director, Frank Oz, worked out the plot without working out how the audience should feel about anything that happens.
Despite his reputation as one of the most fiscally conservative Blue Dog Democrats -- he voted against and promised to help reform the health care reform law -- Marshall was unable to fend off a 2010 challenge in his Republican-leaning district by Austin Scott, who was backed by the tea party.