How many times have we said to our kids 'Try it ..... you'll like it'
So say there is a Political area. I for one will not go there. So I won't get caught up in the troll rhetoric.
Now lets say the evil, name calling, insulting, cr&p bleeds over to the normal board. Seems that's what the moderators do. If it shows up there now, do they ignore it? If in the middle of the discussion on Health Care, things got political moderators could step in. I personally think there is a difference between 'The Current Republican plan calls for.... which is not workable because.....' and 'Those idiot Republican's and there disgusting moronic leader Bush believe ...... will solve health care'. The first is discussion the second belongs in the Political area.
Now, is there something written that says the Political area has to be moderated? If all know it is not, that it could/will/is not suitable for public consumption, and most folks should not go there, that good enough for me. Also let it be known that a moderator will from time to time drop by and anyone using profanity in their post will be banned for 1 year from the board, or life if you wish.
Might be worth trying for say the next three or four months. That would get us past the primaries. If it does not work, delete it, then you will have a proven history that things will 'spill over' and a political area is not workable.