Hillary Clinton Is Just The Tip Of The Iceberg

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton at a campaign rally in Atlanta.  Photo by Branden Camp

Hillary Clinton, who is the leading Democratic presidential candidate, has an extremely strong political game.  After all, her husband was the President of The United States, or as the press commonly refers to as “POTUS”.  It makes since that when she appears on the campaign trail, she is polished and clearly reading from a prewritten script in her head. Clinton has an extremely strong social media game as well.  If you have a chance to see Hillary in person, you will see the strong and well-organized political machine she heads.  As you look around you will see the staff in every corner making sure everything is falling into place.  There will be someone making sure the volunteers are in the right place, the press will be herded onto a riser in back.

What you see on stage really is the “tip of the iceberg”.  If you listen to Hillary closely, you know there has to be a speechwriter behind what she is saying.  In contrast, Donald Trump is clearly speaking freely and not by script prepared by a professional.  This is largely why his reach is so far and wide within the Republican Party.  He gains support by not being a politician and Clinton gains support because she plays by the rules.

Clinton does a great job on her website.  She clearly has a political Internet consultant who is working hard to keep her audience informed. She has at least three post a day going up on her blog on top of maintaining five social media outlets.  She is blasting her policy and how she stands on issues all over her website and social media. Super Pac’s even spent $1.5 million on an ad campaign to show Clinton’s views versus her opponents in the Republican Party.

Clinton hired John Anzalone and David Binder to work as pollsters.  Both worked on Obama’s 2008 and 2012 campaigns.    According to the Washington Post Chief Strategist Joel Benenson also played a role in advising Clinton while she made her decision to run or not run for the presidency.

In the end, a candidate is an actor and an evolving product that a much larger machine is shaping and crafting according to what the public needs and wants to hear.