Martin O'Malley phoned Hillary Clinton ahead of his presidential launch

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David Corn ?@DavidCornDC 7m7 minutes ago

At 3:00 am? RT @TIME: Martin O'Malley phoned Hillary Clinton ahead of his presidential launch http://ti.me/1HUQTsG

The call was brief and cordial

Barely 24 hours before launching his campaign to challenge Hillary Clinton, former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley phoned the Democratic presidential front-runner to personally inform her of his plans.

The call between the two Democratic rivals was brief and cordial, and came on the same day that O’Malley filed his candidacy papers with the Federal Election Commission, according to two sources familiar with the conversation.

O’Malley, the two-term governor of Maryland who left office in January, is launching his presidential campaign Saturday morning in Baltimore, the city where he spent seven years as mayor.

Clinton and O’Malley have a complicated relationship as fellow Democratic party notables. O’Malley was one of the first Democratic governors to endorse Clinton’s candidacy for president in the 2008 election, and was a major fundraiser for the then-Senator. Last year, former president Bill Clinton strongly praised O’Malley’s time as governor...

On the call, O’Malley told Clinton that he is running because he believes it’s time for “new leadership” of the country. Not coincidentally, the phrase is the slogan for his nascent presidential campaign, visible on half a dozen campaign signs around the stage at his launch event on Baltimore’s Federal Hill.


read: http://time.com/3902421/martin-omalley-hillary-clinton/


C-Span: May 30, 2015 (approx 10:00)
Martin O'Malley Presidential Campaign Announcement

Former Governor Martin O’Malley (D-MD) is expected to announce his intention to seek the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination...

watch: http://www.c-span.org/video/?326212-1/former-governor-martin-omalley-presidential-campaign-announcement

[Katashi_itto]

1. Suddenly I have this come to mind.

[Cheese Sandwich]

4. LOL!

Yeah it probably went about like that.

[KittyWampus]

6. you did make me lol

[DanTex]

2. ...

[snooper2]

14. Martin O'Gonna Beat You in Primaries Who

Just act like you are to be crowned like last time...please...pretty pretty please

[onehandle]

3. Collusion!

Or perfectly normal.

[KittyWampus]

8. be ready for "O'Malley is Hillary's stalking horse to weaken Bernie" posts….

As a former Wesley Clark supporter, I am familiar with that argument.

[corkhead]

5. She probably said "Thanks for helping to split the anti-Hillary vote; the more the merrier!"

[Art_from_Ark]

11. She probably did say that.

[aintitfunny]

7. It makes sense

He was a big Hillary advocate in Maryland in the 2008 race.

[bigtree]

9. it's certainly the reason

...I guess that's not well known here, judging by the silly responses.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

12. Clinton/O'Malley 2016 maybe?

[seabeyond]

10. interesting. thanks for the tid bit. gonna pay attention to this man. i know so little. nt

[Andy823]

13. K&R nt