Maybe a translator familiar with nads-speak would recognize more meaning it that post, but it looks like nads used 7 sentences and 68 words to say:
"To my surprise, Slick CHILLy and The Bern seem to be playing it cool, for now, but they haven't cooled off. I think Slick CHILLy expected an easier campaign."
Even my "translation" is a bit wordy.