I absolutely loved this , but I have one big criticism Simon swears . I don ' t believe a student would do this in front of Dumbledore , and if they did slip I don ' t believe Dumbledore would let it pass without a minor chastise . It really took me out of the moment and reminded me that I was reading fanfiction . Other than that minor point , I thought this was excellent pastiche of Rowling . Thanks for posting . <| sep |> Its the message that counted and dems came off as caring about social issues more and not jobs . I ' m not denying obama and co did a decent job of propping this economy up , but they didn ' t tout that messsage as much as they should have . Put it this way , if the dems voiced the jobs message as much as they touted their social issues they would have won