TOW Post #2 (Article): Hillary Clinton Returns With Redemption

        In an article by Lindsey Boerma, it is announced that Hillary Clinton is running in the 2016 campaign for president, and has a plan for the White House. The post starts off by mentioning Hillary's last attempt at president that failed with a third place finish, and continues to include commentary by people who think Mrs. Clinton should not be getting back into the game just yet. Lindsey Boerma, writer for CBS news, slips in credibility throughout the post by adding sources and facts by the anti-Hillary fans whose input seems to be raising other people's beliefs too. During her speech in Iowa, Mrs. Clinton mentions her methods to land her in the White House which includes her "experience and knowing how to lead not those who agree with [her], but those who disagree with [her]" (Boerma 1). However, the people who disagree with her are not going to sit back and eventually jump on the train leading her to the White House. In fact, Iowa GOP Chairman, Jeff Kaufmann, mentions how he doesn't foresee some kind of born again experience in 2016 in terms of her ability to interact with the common person and the common Iowan. Other politicians also speak up against Hillary's decision to run. For example, Republican National Committee Chairman, Reince Priebus, told reporters about her difficulty in connecting with people from the Hawkeye State, and how she is using the same strategy from 2008: to skip and build up an air of inevitability. The interesting part of all these viewpoints on Hillary’s candidacy is how they are intertwined in the same news article. Boerma, writer of the piece, never mentions a positive viewpoint on Clinton’s news for president. In fact, her strategy for writing the piece is to focus on one side of the whole picture, and the side she chooses is not Hillary’s. Readers of the piece, or interested citizens on the 2016 presidential campaign, only see the bad side of Mrs. Clinton’s candidacy due to the biased writing presented by Lindsey. It brings up an intriguing case in the purpose of the article. On one hand, it seems like the author would want to inform readers of Clinton’s decision. However, on the other, the author seems to want to change the beliefs of the soon to be voters of Mrs. Clinton as well.