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Martin O'Malley

elleng

(140,538 posts) Sun May 31, 2015, 10:27 AM May 2015

Caught him on "This Week," [View all]

looked good at Baltimore Waterfront, handled all the questions, 'gotcha' and otherwise, well, like 'why you?' re: progressiveness= EXPERIENCE. & Independence + track record. Wall Street not banging down my door to help my campaign.

--why should progressive voters pick you over Bernie Sanders?

GOVERNOR O'MALLEY: Because I have a track record of actually getting things done, not just talking about things.

re: TPP, 'We shouldn't be in a race to the bottom for the cheapest labor in the world.'

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Caught him on "This Week," [View all] elleng May 2015 OP

Great appearance. Transcript here: FSogol May 2015 #1

THANKS for this, FSogol! elleng May 2015 #2

He is no where near as Left as even Hillary Clinton or even Barack Obama for that matter.... VanillaRhapsody May 2015 #3

He's WAY left of Wall Street, 'Wall Street not banging down my door to help my campaign' elleng May 2015 #4

Oh you think so? VanillaRhapsody May 2015 #6

I know so, elleng May 2015 #7

years ago i took a test to see where i stood on those. seabeyond May 2015 #10

ya. i saw that earlier. gonna have to see what is pulling him so close to center. seabeyond May 2015 #9

That whole "on the issue website is bogus." Their staff is FSogol May 2015 #19

I liked what he said about experience. Raine1967 May 2015 #5

cool. seabeyond May 2015 #11

I have a track record of actually getting things done, not just talking about things. seabeyond May 2015 #8

I'd say he's a GENTLE hard ass, elleng May 2015 #12

you see a gentle? will keep eyes open. not seeing it. and, i was in competitive sport for seabeyond May 2015 #14

'modest and likable,' elleng May 2015 #15

i see that. seabeyond May 2015 #17

I'm glad to hear it, seabeyond, elleng May 2015 #18

I thought he did very well. femmocrat May 2015 #13

I agree, femmocrat. elleng May 2015 #16