BuzzFeed: “As described by current and former staffers, Clinton is a candidate who insists on being ‘humongously prepared,’ who consumes research with ‘obsessive’ rigor — and who, perhaps more than most elected officials, delights in the art form known by political professionals as ‘oppo.'”
“The result is the ‘book,’ a catalog of every possible hit, both savory and not, on a political foe. It can number thousands of pages, and on most campaigns, the candidate doesn’t bother with more than the toplines. Clinton, meanwhile, has digested something closer to the book itself on nearly every one of her opponents, from O’Malley to Bernie Sanders to Trump.”
Said one oppo research who worked opposite Clinton: “Most consultants don’t read past the executive summary. It’s clear she reads the footnotes.”
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