Posted on 05/30/2015 7:43:38 AM PDT by VinL
Martin O'Malley will launch his presidential campaign Saturday with an appeal to the party's progressive base that he hopes will upend the conventional wisdom that Hillary Clinton is destined to clinch the Democratic nomination.
The former Maryland governor will unveil his campaign in Baltimore, the city where he was once mayor -- a role that is central to his political persona. But his Baltimore credentials could become more of a challenge than he initially thought after a riot erupted in the city in April.
Perhaps O'Malley's biggest challenge is finding a way to dent the Clinton political machine while also proving that he's a competitive candidate in his own right -- not just a backup for progressives who would rather see Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts in the White House. A Quinnipiac University poll released this week places Clinton 56 percentage points ahead of O'Malley.
Saturday's announcement is not a surprise. Over the past year, the 52-year-old traveled repeatedly to the early nominating states of Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina to spark voters' attention to his likely bid.
On the road, O'Malley touts a string of progressive actions he oversaw as governor of Maryland. Under his leadership, the state tightened gun laws, implemented a progressive tax code and legalized same-sex marriage. He also expanded the state's health care rolls, championed Obamacare and signed a bill raising the state's minimum wage to $10.10 an hour. snip
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Looks good in a ‘wife-beater’ tho’.
(Can’t help myself...he does! lol)
One thing I admire about democrats is they don’t ignore their base or call their base names.
Maryland “Freak State” PING!
The Socialists have absolutely no one to run as vice president. This is all planned that this “no name” will be that candidate. He will get free publicity and name recognition at media expense and plenty of it. Then the party will “unify”. It is all cooked in. I do commend him for no tolerance for crime in Baltimore but he is just a stalking horse. It is boring.
O’M is a much better politician than Hillary ever could be. I think he has a good chance to beat Hillary. I have seen him in many TV interviews, and he is quick footed and glib and stays on message. I hope it is Hillary in November, and her one on one debates are with either Cruz, Fiorina or even Christy. Any one of them can make mince meat out of Hillary. O’Malley will not be so easy.
It would be so funny to have Hillray/s hater take just enoughh votes to make her loose .
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