I liked this email:

Jonah,
You write “A small number of readers have actually had the reaction I was looking for, which was merely to give McCain a fresh look given the alternatives.”
I’ll bet this percentage is much higher than your emails reflect. I’m one of those who had the reaction you hoped for, but it’s not the kind of passionate reaction that gets one to fire off an email. More of a “yeah, he’s probably right. Oh look at that squirrel out there. “