I'd modify that just slightly:
AOC has powerful backing, and those backers are shrewd.
She's a performance artist, selected to run from a cast of thousands. Sometimes she jumps the script, but I think some of it is written for her.
“AOC has powerful backing, and those backers are shrewd.”
Yep, I agree with that. The woman is an actress, and in today’s political arena, that’s what it takes. Obama was smarter than AOC, but bottom line, he was an actor.