This time of year marks the political season with anticipation to the upcoming election of possible political candidates. With any political candidate that is running for any seat in a particular area whether it be local, state or national there is no type of real political campaign without public relations involved. Of course, there will be a much higher standard of how the public relations practitioner will be involved for a national political campaign compared to a local political campaign, but some of the same PR techniques apply in both circumstances. I thought this article was very relevant considering the political election environment our country is in right now and as my group and I begin to help Philip Joiner with his political campaign locally.
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa5515/is_200807/ai_n27899934
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What a sexist piece of garbage article..the public relations man indeed. HA!
I concur with the boss lady, it reminds of a comment that she made in class the other day about how all,or most, of the top PR exec are men however the entry level powerhouse peon workers are women. (Not her exact words of course, but I'm having some fun with my choice of words today)
I am very glad that you found this article, my two favorite parts strung together, the practitioner, "is not called upon to make policy nor should he attempt to do so..." rather serve as an "...interpreter of policy." That to me sums up everything that our group should be going for our political client. We just need to think of a way to convey this message to our candidate. But is it okay for us to do research that would help the candidate and his political consultants/campaign manager realize what the issues at hand are? Would this come across as our group helping the candidate transform his personal political views only to appeal to those of his constituents? So then would be crossing the line that is mentioned in Mitchell's blog? Or are we just to do what we are told due to our clients lack of knowledge of the political arena and the use of public relations in it?
Just some thoughts of mine, I bet you didn't think you had such an in depth post. :)
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