Tag: Todd Akin

But if you ask many people in the Metro East or downstate Illinois, it certainly doesn’t seem like it. The other parts taking the blame range from social media to advertising dollars, and even the diminished power of traditional forms of media like TV and newspapers. “If you get an inexperienced candidate who doesn’t have control of their own message, doesn’t have the experience of dealing with the media, then they could say something that is fatal to their campaign, and that’s what happened to Todd Akin,” Kelley says. “The candidate has a message and a perfect form that he or she would like to get out to the electorate, and they want that to be as controlled as possible,” says Magarian. And the most votes that exist are in Chicago.” That is likely why the campaigns have not returned our messages asking for interviews. One Illinois political consultant, who asked to remain anonymous, tells me that a candidate who actually win the election by just maximizing the Chicago voter. The one things that could come back to haunt the candidates is not developing relationships with the press corps during the campaign because they will certainly need a few media allies once they get into office. Hancock says he has seen this bad scenario play out several times in the past. “In Greitens’ case, they have to chase him down the hall with questions that he doesn’t answer,” claims Hancock. Magarian says the best-case scenario is for political campaigns to be active on social media to get out their message, while also taking more questions to show they are competent and experienced enough for the job.