O'Malley impresses Iowans, but many not sold yet. [View all]

Martin O'Malley pitched his vision for boosting clean energy jobs, cutting big student loan debts and retooling the federal government using big data over a three-day trip across Iowa that ended here along the Mississippi River on Saturday.

Along the campaign trail, O'Malley regularly left Iowans with the same opinion of him. They're impressed by the 52-year-old former Maryland governor's energy and liberal talking points. But they're not all won over yet.

"At this point, we are listening (to all the candidates)," said Gene Ficken, 71, a Democrat and former state representative who spoke with O'Malley in Independence before the city's morning Fourth of July parade. "He's the kind of person people are going to look at, and I really believe he has some potential here."

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