If by hypnotic one means appealing to people's highest, most honorable standards, telling people the truth, and giving people hope that government can benefit common citizens and not just the wealthy, powerful special interests, you may have something there.

On the other hand there is something hypnotic in the way lunatics such as Limbaugh, Beck and certain Republicans and radical bloggers play on people's fears, prejudices, and hatreds to manipulate them into self-destructive action.