Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 2564: Hillary Clinton Stumping for Terry McAuliffe ... but Did She Hint at Running in 2016? (VIDEO, PHOTOS)

Former First Lady and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton went stumping today for Virginia Gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe. There were many nonverbal and paralanguage qualities of her speech which signaled Mrs. Clinton's intention of running for Presidency in 2016 - some of which are described below.

At 0:47, Hillary Clinton continues, " ... What kind of leadership is required to keep in great ... "

At 0:50, the former first lady displays a prolonged eyelid closure as she says the word, "... required ..."

This prolonged closure as she says this strongly suggests she is referring to herself, not Terry McAuliffe.

At 0:52 Hillary Clinton displays a partially suppressed smile. Seconds later it blooms to a full "Duchenne" aka sincere smile as she is unable to squelch her joy.

At 0:53 we see the former Secretary of State maintain an open mouth as she draws out a pause - while inhaling.

Her deliberate pause facilitated by this prolonged inhalation after this specific verbal delivery in order to allow an applaud to crescendo - is another indicator that it was herself to which she was referring rather than candidate McAuliffe.




No doubt about it - Hillary Clinton is running for President in 2016.

What other body language tells did you see in this video?

See also:

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 2534: Bill and Hillary are going to be Grandparents; President Clinton's Body Language is Telling Us that Chelsea is Pregnant

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 2490:  Hillary Clinton and the Two-Handed Point - The American Bar Association, Body Language and Variations on a Theme

Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 2523:  Hillary Clinton, Body Language and the 2016 Presidency -  Rapport Builder vs. Rapport Destroyer

Nonverbal Communication Analysis # 2363: Hillary Clinton, Body Language and the Political Point -  Hand Tension Correlations with Facial Tension

Nonverbal Communication Analysis # 2385:  Hillary Clinton & Henry Kissinger at  Atlantic Council's Leadership Awards  Her Body Language Betrays Anxiety at a Key Moment

Nonverbal Communication Analysis # 2202:  Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton and the Body Language of the "Fig Leaf"

Nonverbal Communication Analysis # 2379:  Bill Clinton's Speech at the  George W. Bush Presidential Library Opening  Body Language of Former and Current President

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Nonverbal Communication Analysis # 1712: Negative Nonverbals and The Recency Effect - President Obama's Campaign Ad "Go"

President Obama's most recent campaign ad is entitle "Go". He appears in this 60 second commercial in three segments - two at the beginning (from about the 0:16 - 0:18 marks and again at the 0:21 - 0:27 marks) and a third portion at the end from 0:57 - 1:00. These "Barack moments" make up about 11 seconds or only 18.3% of the total. Since the first time the President appears is just over 25% into the commercial, the psychological-cognitive impact of the principle of primacy (what we first see and hear) is minimized - while that of recency (the last visual and audio we experience) exerts a particularly profound effect. The President's campaign advisers and/or marketing "experts" made a very poor decision in their inclusion of these last three seconds.

Barack Obama exits from the Oval Office looking down (with both his eyes and his head/neck bent down as well) and to his left during the 0:57 - 0:58 segment. Looking down sends negative nonverbal messages and when a left-handed person looks down-to-his-left in particular, this is highly correlative with emotions of sadness. The President's eyes and head/neck move upwards to his right in the last second, but the downward looking body language leaves us with a bitter "after-taste" and thus has a lasting and negative emotional effect.

In addition, the President puts his hands into his pockets as he exits from the Oval Office. This body language sends out signals of emotional dissonance. Part of his emotional brain wants to be there ... but another part of him does not. It screams messages of non-engagement, e.g. "don't bother me", "leave me alone" and/or 'I'm not fully 'in the moment' ", etc.

No father ever told his son to walk with his hands in his pockets - or to walk with his head down. These are instinctively viewed by all as low confidence nonverbals. They make him appear as school boy, and a scorned, beta one at that. Re-do Mr. President. Re-do. 

See also:

Secret # 913: Low Confidence, Low Trust and Demure

Secret # 831: Santorum's Hands and the Alpha-Beta Hybrid

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