A lot of politicians, not surprisingly, hire consultants to help them with their nonverbals, presence, generally how they come across.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Politicians are very experienced - maybe too experienced - at using body language to signal power and competence. But what these politicians are much more likely to struggle with, or just neglect to do altogether, is communicate warmth and trustworthiness.
When you start to think about politicians, you've got to realize these are strange creatures. Other than the fact that they can't tell directions, and they have very strange breeding habits, how do you actually work with these things?
I get the feeling a lot of politicians are there to help themselves financially, first and foremost.
Politicians are trying to attract people to issues.
Politicians are actors, too, don't you think? Usually, if you like people and you're outgoing, not a shy little thing, you can do pretty well in politics.
Most politicians come into politics because they want to make a difference; we just have different ideas how to do it.
To be honest, I find most politicians very untrustworthy. When I listen to them talking - or rather, lying - I just feel there are very few politicians with integrity, so I never know who to bat for.
I've never met a politician I haven't wanted to walk away from, and I've yet to hear a politician speak and actually believe the words coming out of his mouth.
We tend to think of politicians as time-servers and slackers. But on those committees they usually have an interest in the subject. And they're quite clever. I've seen them pick people apart.
You don't need to spend tens of millions of dollars on political consultants to tell you what you think when you already know what you think.