This post is in response to a post on PRosintraining about Hillary’s campaign problems. The post originates from the CEO of MWW Group’s blog, Straight Talk.
Mr. Kempner your absolutely right when you say elections are about emotional connections. That’s how I have been making my decision all along.
In the beginning I favored Edwards, but I wasn’t surprised when he dropped out, he would have been brainless to waste more money on his campaign. No offense the other top two candidates had more money to reach more people. And, he had a hard time making emotional connections with people.
I was still unsure of who I was going to vote for when Hillary and Obama became the head runners for the Democratic Party. I began to pay attention to the media. I watched the news, watched ads, read newspapers, read online articles and most importantly talked to other people to see what they had to say about Barack, Hillary and John. I thought this was important because I would take what other people where saying and research it on my own.
Shockingly, I found that a lot of people don’t know what they’re talking about, or better yet media outlets are misinforming them and feeding them with crap. People were saying stuff like “Hillary is experienced.” Yeah, in conniving. Remember she has a “win-at-all-costs strategy” that flashes red flags for unethical tactics. An undecided republican said “Where is Barack going to get the money from to increase teacher salaries? He can’t end the war in time to shift what tax payers money will fund.” This is what I say, you’ll never know unless you try. I’d rather fail trying to succeed than to fail without trying at all. At least Obama has urgency in his plan.
When Mrs. Clinton entertained the media with the thought of Obama naming her as his Vice Prez, I thought I was the only one who knew this was bogus. If this is the case I bet McCain will take it all. I knew someone else agreed. Maureen Dowd is columnist for The New York Times and she expressed her thoughts here.
The conclusion from my research led me to support Barack Obama. In a perfect world Obama would be president and Edwards would be vice.
I was watching, I mean LISTENING to Obama’s concession speech after he won the Democratic caucus in Iowa, and I was moved emotionally. Watch it here. I knew that I was voting for Obama when I came across this YouTube video from Black Eyed Peas’ will.i.am’s music video inspired by the speech.
Peace.
PR Novice 