I think you are correct. Many people seem to not be bothering what he wrote. That being said, I don't really understand this post at all. He recognizes and dislikes the game mechanics involved in political brinkmanship, and then thinks somehow there is any competitive human endeavor that does not involve one? Why not use mathematics to find a better mechanic more suitable to a goal? For example, absolute or adaptive term limits.

Simply renouncing party affiliation leads to Bloomberg style manipulation of the electorate's party affiliations. Some people (most) prefer that the actions and abuses of one elected official will most likely reflect on the entire party in the next cycle. Complicated.