If Hillary Clinton goes the distance, she may have Shakespeare to thank. Shakespeare and beer. Both forged one of her campaign’s chief architects, Joel Benenson. Both are among his compasses. …
Benenson, 62, majored in theater at Queens College, part of the City University of New York. He thought he’d be an actor, but for most of his 20s co-owned a beer distributorship in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn.
And now? He’s one of the country’s leading pollsters and political strategists. CONT.
Frank Bruni, New York Times