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A long-shot bid in 2016 may suit Martin O’Malley
Washington Post ^ | September 15, 2014 | John Wagner

Posted on 09/16/2014 6:17:04 AM PDT by C19fan

Martin O’Malley’s pollster had sobering news. Despite extensive time in the public eye and strong statements on controversial issues, the would-be candidate barely registered in a new survey.

The year was 1999, and O’Malley (D), a brash white city councilman in majority-black Baltimore, was contemplating a long-shot bid for mayor.

“To a lot of friends, even my closest friends, it seemed like a pretty outlandish idea initially,” he said. He won that election, and the next, and two terms as Maryland governor after that.

Now he is contemplating an odyssey with even steeper odds. By late January, when his time in Annapolis ends, O’Malley says he “probably” will have decided whether to run for president in 2016, a bid that would be likely to pit him against Hillary Rodham Clinton, the former first lady, senator and secretary of state.

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Maryland
KEYWORDS: 1999; 2016; 2016demprimary; 2016election; baltimorecell; omalley; omalley2016; potus
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I guess O'Malley wants to make all of the USA into one big STD ridden ghetto like Baltimore.
1 posted on 09/16/2014 6:17:04 AM PDT by C19fan
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To: C19fan

What democrat doesn’t?


2 posted on 09/16/2014 6:19:15 AM PDT by bmwcyle (People who do not study history are destine to believe really ignorant statements.)
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To: C19fan

The process goes something like this - a consultant or pollster tells a potential candidate they are great and have traction, so they believe it and waste a lot of time and effort (critically including spending money on pollsters and consultants) only to find out no one cares. Repeat.


3 posted on 09/16/2014 6:20:13 AM PDT by Wally_Kalbacken
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To: C19fan
I guess O'Malley wants to make all of the USA into one big STD ridden ghetto like Baltimore.

Sounds like O'Malley isn't "ready for Hillary." I'm not sure what he thinks he's going to accomplish by running against the Ubershrew, but everyone needs a purpose, I guess...

4 posted on 09/16/2014 6:21:46 AM PDT by ScottinVA (If it doesn't include border security, it isn't "reform." It's called "amnesty.")
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To: C19fan

I realized back in 1997 that this scum wanted to be another John Kennedy. His arrogance and ignorance have driven me and many others out of beloved Maryland.


5 posted on 09/16/2014 6:24:52 AM PDT by ottbmare (the OTTB mare, now a proud Marine Mom)
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To: C19fan

O’Malley isn’t called OWE’Malley for nothing. He is the Tax King. He would do for the country what he did for Maryland: cause people to leave.


6 posted on 09/16/2014 6:26:09 AM PDT by Starboard
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maryland is THE hands-down Freak state. Owe-mally is an uber ass LIB. The sick state that gives us mikulski, stenny hoyer and other assorted subhuman debris will attempt to poison the USA further by pushing this degenerate criminal. Oh, please!
7 posted on 09/16/2014 6:28:17 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or reeducation Camp?)
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will attempt to poison the USA further by pushing this degenerate criminal

Well.. one upside is, unless Hillary dies and O'Malley somehow fools enough people to get the dem nomination, there's no chance he has of becoming President.. at least not for the next eight years.

8 posted on 09/16/2014 6:31:34 AM PDT by ScottinVA (If it doesn't include border security, it isn't "reform." It's called "amnesty.")
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He’s probably angling for the VP slot. He can’t defeat Hillary but with his unparalled tax and spend record, many Dems would find him an attractive running mate. He is unquestionably farther to the left than Hillary so the party might tap him to balance out the ticket.

That said, this ticket would leave the Dems with two northeasterners so that could prevent this particular “dream team” from coming together.


9 posted on 09/16/2014 6:32:56 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: Starboard

The next VP is going to be a hispanic. Bet on Julian Castro.


10 posted on 09/16/2014 6:35:12 AM PDT by ScottinVA (If it doesn't include border security, it isn't "reform." It's called "amnesty.")
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To: hal ogen

Maryland is a liberal’s paradise. That’s why many residents are leaving the state in droves.

If you love paying high taxes Maryland is the place for you!


11 posted on 09/16/2014 6:46:38 AM PDT by Starboard
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The next VP is going to be a hispanic.

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Legal or illegal? ;)


12 posted on 09/16/2014 6:47:36 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: C19fan

Please, God no!


13 posted on 09/16/2014 6:51:11 AM PDT by NotSoFreeStater (If you choose not to decide you still have made a choice)
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They are going to run a few rabid left wing loons to make the corrupt lying freak Hillary look moderate


14 posted on 09/16/2014 6:57:00 AM PDT by ballplayer
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He’s done such a wonderful job in Maryland... I’m surprised he hasn’t doubled down on the tax-rate for millionaires... there are still a few who haven’t abandoned the state so far.


15 posted on 09/16/2014 7:45:34 AM PDT by ReleaseTheHounds ("The problem with Socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money." M. Thatcher)
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Another Delmarva, in-bred, mouth-breathing, dull-normal; he sounds like a perfect replacement for Joe Biden on the democrat ticket. A VP without a measurable IQ; perfect choice.


16 posted on 09/16/2014 8:09:33 AM PDT by muir_redwoods (When I first read it, " Atlas Shrugged" was fictional)
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To: Starboard
The rationale for Biden was that he was a Northeastern white Catholic (technically mid-Atlantic, but Delaware, DC, and Maryland have long ago become culturally more like the upper Northeast despite some residual Southern ways on the Eastern Shore). His purpose was to hold onto a percentage of the white Catholic vote that might have been alienated had Obama chosen, say, Elizabeth Warren or Chuck Schumer.

The dynamics of 2016 will be different from those in 2008 or 2012. I don't know if Hillary qualifies as a "pure" Northeasterner, as she grew up around Chicago, and lived for about 20 years in Arkansas until she moved to Washington, DC and later New York. However, she is old, female, and white, so it is possible if not likely that her Vice Presidential running mate will be none, or just one, of the above. Julian Castro is a possibility, although he would not carry his home state. If Jason Carter, Jimmy Carter's grandson, is elected governor of Georgia, he would become another possibility plus possibly win Georgia for the Democrats for the first time since his grandfather was elected in 1976.

17 posted on 09/16/2014 8:27:39 AM PDT by Wallace T.
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I don’t know if Hillary qualifies as a “pure” Northeasterner, as she grew up around Chicago, and lived for about 20 years in Arkansas until she moved to Washington, DC and later New York.

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You’re right about her history, of course, but I would add that being a U.S. senator from New York (winning election twice) contributes to her image as a Northeasterner. I don’t think many people associate her with Arkansas or Chicago anymore. That’s now ancient history. She is certainly a creature/denizen of DC though.


18 posted on 09/16/2014 9:31:42 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: ottbmare; Abundy; Albion Wilde; AlwaysFree; AnnaSASsyFR; bayliving; BFM; Bigg Red; ...
I realized back in 1997 that this scum wanted to be another John Kennedy.

He couldn't hold a candle to Kennedy, who pushed a tax CUT and actually supported the concept of liberty.

I hope Hillary eats him for breakfast or as a tasty snack.

Maryland "Freak State" PING!

19 posted on 09/16/2014 1:02:08 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (The mods stole my tagline.)
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To: Starboard

“What difference, at this point, does it make?!”


20 posted on 09/16/2014 2:52:49 PM PDT by Bigg Red (31 May 2014: Obamugabe officially declares the USA a vanquished subject of the Global Caliphate.)
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