Latin percussion, big-band horns and a rock beat appeal to multiple constituencies, and, from a campaign standpoint, the song's second half has another advantage: What few lyrics there are mostly repeat "only the beginning, only just the start". Its users hope that like all good campaign songs, it will become a self-fulfilling prophecy.
So from a campaign standpoint, they ran a tactically very smart campaign against us and we did all we could with the resources we had at the time to combat that.
"She's about as entrenched with special interests as anyone, at least from a campaign finance standpoint," said Dave Levinthal of the Center for Responsive Politics.
"What we're trying to do is look down the line from the campaign's standpoint and say, what can we do that they would like to but don't have the time or resources to do?" Mr. Schuman said.
"From the campaign's standpoint, if you've got a media outlet that reaches statewide, why wouldn't you want to come in?" Cain's campaign did not respond to requests for comment by the time of posting.
From a campaign maker's standpoint, the single most important benefit of crowdfunding is that it leads to far greater diversity in the creative space.
He said that was because "Governor Romney has a good campaign going from the standpoint of good organization, and he's raised a lot of money".
"From a crisis-management standpoint this campaign has been well executed; the question is who it is for," said Jeffrey Rabhan, chairman of the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music at New York University.
He's brought it into his campaign". From a political standpoint, the more Secretary Clinton can align Mr. Trump, with a racially anchored movement, the better she can potentially checkmate his fledgling outreach to African-American and Latino voters, who are key voting blocks in crucial battleground states.
"He recognizes from the candidate's standpoint, the campaigns and candidates have put themselves on the line, they are doing the hard work and putting in the 20-hour days right now," said Kevin Madden, a former Romney adviser.
He writes that it is "difficult to see what practical difference there is between super PAC donations and direct campaign donations, from a corruption standpoint.
