Although Mr. Norcross's dual roles are legal, the situation has become exaggerated in the wake of Congress having sought to limit corporate influence in politics with stiffer campaign finance laws.
In recent weeks, he has been criticized for running a stiff, lackluster campaign.
But Labour fought one of the stiffest byelection campaigns of recent times.
With so many influencer marketing campaigns and native marketing campaigns out there people quickly and easily can sniff out a stiff corporate marketing campaign.
He had been expected to face a stiff re-election campaign in the fall against Councilman Michael Gonnelli.
Mr. Dewhurst, 66, is more formal, and somewhat stiff, on the campaign trail, and he was criticized for skipping numerous candidate forums and events, including, Mrs. Burton noted, one sponsored by the Northeast Tarrant Tea Party.
Obama, who hadn't shown any particular gift for oratory in the race, now learned to shed his stiff approach to campaigning — described by Preckwinkle as that of an "arrogant academic".
There was stiff opposition from local campaign group Newham Concern and Newham council.
And trying to shed his stiff, senatorial image, his campaign plays up the patriotic self-sacrifice, the outspokenness, the sportsmanship -- all of which are on display in Mr. Butler's archive.
If she is easy in some settings, as when she strolled happily through an energetic crowd at a fair in Chappaqua, N.Y., Saturday afternoon, her eyes shaded by metallic-blue tinted sunglasses, she can be tense and stiff in more formal campaign settings.
