Martin O'Malley for VP .. the best choice all around

[Peacetrain]

I know that people are being vetted on back channels as we speak..as the primary is almost over.. MARTIN O'MALLEY would be the best choice to back up the President..

[Silver_Witch]

1. Fuck I might actually vote for that combination!

I voted for Bernie in the California primary and would not consider voting for Hillary under most circumstances this might be the one exception!

[Peacetrain]

2. It would be such an awesome combination..

O'Malley is so strong on the environment..

[Silver_Witch]

13. Good morning Peacetrain

[Peacetrain]

18. Good Morning Silver_Witch

(_)O coffee is up and it is a beautiful day in Iowa..

[NCTraveler]

3. He would be an excellent choice.

I really have hopes that he will be heading up the DNC after the GE. The platform he ran on could be copied for our party platform. It's that good.

[Peacetrain]

7. Absolutely!!

[Raine1967]

47. I very much agree!

But most people who know me around the DU already knew that.

[bigwillq]

4. I would be ok with MoM (nt)

[Peacetrain]

20. Yep.. I think he is a good choice for all of us

[oberliner]

5. What has he been up to?

Been noticeably absent from the news.

[Peacetrain]

15. He has not endorsed anyone

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12815823

this is from the O'Malley group

[oberliner]

25. Thanks for the info

I wonder if he will hit the campaign trail on behalf of whoever gets the Democratic Party nomination.

[Peacetrain]

34. All Democrats will hit the trail for the Democratic nominee

[oberliner]

38. Is that true?

It's certainly not happening on the Republican side!

[Arazi]

6. O'Malley has a bright future. God knows we need someone who cares @ climate change

[Peacetrain]

10. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Yep..

[Recursion]

31. ^^^ Yep (nt)

[libdem4life]

8. Good possibility, if HRC. I save my "if" until when all is said and done.

[Peacetrain]

21. I think he would be a good choice for all of us!!

[geek tragedy]

9. he's certainly very, very qualified in every way possible

question is how much he adds to the general election effort

[Peacetrain]

12. VP choice is who can best back up the President

and stand in for influence on policies.. I know a lot of people think the VP should be the attack dog... but as Democrats we have a LOT of attack dogs for our nominee.. but O'Malley is the younger generation..the next group coming up for executive office.. and his environmental policies are amazing.. because they not only push us forward on saving the environment but also uses these polices to create new jobs.. as he used say about Iowa where I am from.. those wind turbines going down the highway are great paying jobs also

[geek tragedy]

14. O'Malley for me is someone who when I look at the rational arguments

for him he seems like a slam dunk.

But then he just fizzled with voters.

True that Biden in 2008 also tanked badly in primary voting, but he also stood out in debates that included 6+ candidates in a way that O'Malley couldn't in debates featuring only 3 candidates.

I wish I could come up with a more coherent argument as to why I'm only receptive instead of enthusiastic about him as an option.

[Peacetrain]

16. You know.. I think he will do just fine geek t..

but I know what you are talking about.. I think he will do good though

[geek tragedy]

22. he's one person I know will do very well at whatever he does.

even though I'm more than a bit jealous of those abs.

[Peacetrain]

24. ROFL!

[Recursion]

33. And that's the rub. We don't need help in the mid-Atlantic.

Which is an absolute shame, because I would walk through fire for that guy.

[geek tragedy]

36. to play Devil's Advocate, neither did Obama when he chose Biden.

But Biden did complement Obama in a lot of ways (old Washington hand, good attack dog, working class white guy personality).

Imo, what Clinton needs is someone to transition to the next generation, either in demographics (someone like Castro, not sold on him myself though) or in terms of populist leftism (Elizabeth Warren)

and they should add an excitement factor. Clinton's strength is substance over style, but even the best steak benefits from some added sizzle

[Recursion]

37. By that argument I think O'Malley is a front runner

Though from what I know of Clinton she would pick Kaine, who is roughly equivalent but more to her Weltanschauung.

Which, again, would be a shame.

[geek tragedy]

39. Not enthused about Kaine either, want to keep him in the Senate.

I'm more and more liking the idea of two women on the ticket.

[Recursion]

40. My VP pick for Sanders was Landrieu

I actually think that would have been a killer combo.

I don't think Clinton could get away with that, though.

[asuhornets]

11. Agreed...Qualified and.....

easy on the eyes....

[Peacetrain]

23. ROFL.. never thought of a politician that way

but he is a great musician, as well as tactician..

[Recursion]

41. My wife was never an O'Malley fan, but she did say

"I wouldn't leave me alone around him. That's all I'm saying."

[asuhornets]

42. LOL....nt

[seabeyond]

17. Some would have problems with that. I personally think that would be a solid choice. Nt

[Peacetrain]

19. Well sea.. I do not know of anyone, that someone would not have issues with

[seabeyond]

26. I was for Sanders before I was for OMalley, before I was for Clinton. Lol. I use the primary to

actually get to know and research the candidates.

The ONLY thing that really bothers me on OMalley is his speeches. I think he is one of the worst in giving speeches. I kept expecting him to get better with time. I never heard him get better. And only on the delivery. I had to make myself let go of the delivery to hear what he was saying. When I was able to do that, I could listen. But.... that is the one issue, that I think he really needs to work on. Might be something he can't fix. it is so insignificant to what he can do though. I wonder if people can allow that. Vp might not matter.

But, I think that was really one of the reasons he didn't get traction. He did everything right.

How did you feel with his speaking ability? Again, delivery only. It might just be me, so curious.

[Peacetrain]

28. I have met the Gov.. listened to him speak so many times

and he is good... but the thing that impresses me most are his policy ideas.. and the President can speak for themselves.. I am looking for a good policy person on the environment..

[seabeyond]

30. And that is true. Policy, .... really,

If I am remembering, he was right up there or better than Clinton. And that is what I really like about Clinton, are her policies.

[Peacetrain]

32. Sea I know I have told this one so many times people probably

close their eyes when they see me post ...but when he talks about the environment.. itis not only saving the planet.. because lets just be honest.. if we do not take care of the planet..everything else it for nothing if we do not have potable water and breathable air and soil that is not depleted.. but he would say.. "see those turbines on flatbed trucks going down the highway..those are good paying jobs" it is a totally different approach.. having a safe environment is good for economic growth

[seabeyond]

35. My oldest. Knee deep in academia. His number one issue is the environment. Mine, people.

We are back and forth on the immediacy of people now and the future in environment. It is an interesting conversation, always. But yes, this was the point I thought OMalley might replace Sanders in the youth vote and get the momentum. Her is the sad about this though. OMalley was too smart and thorough and did his homework, knew what he was talking about, not just giving comforting sound bites. Our youth was unwilling to focus and listen, think and process. They went for easy, loud, harsh sound bites. They had an opportunity with OMalley. I really thought he could easily take the youths vote. Smart young people.

[PragmaticLiberal]

53. OMalley was too smart and thorough and did his homework, knew what he was talking about,

[Recursion]

27. I think he'd be amazing as VP, and would be a strong candidate to run next.

Seriously, he's the best Democratic candidate of my lifetime (including even Obama). Anything that keeps him front-ticket I support.

[Peacetrain]

29. There is a big ME TOO!! from me

[NurseJackie]

43. What about Metrolab? (Would have have accepted that position ...

... if he was interested in being considered for the VP slot?)

http://technical.ly/baltimore/2016/05/09/martin-omalley-metrolab/

[Kang Colby]

44. No way. MOM brings nothing to the table.

He couldn't even crack what, 1% of the vote early in the primary? He also has some serious issues in his background...he was known for being a brutal mayor that incarcerated tens of thousands of black folks in Baltimore. He also championed a highly unpopular "rain tax" that hurt low and middle income folks.

He brings nothing to the table other than liability. I'd like to see Max Baucus step into the VP slot.

[Jim Lane]

46. O'Malley brings a lot of executive experience. Baucus would be a horrible choice.

The voters seem to want executive experience -- if a candidate hasn't been President or Vice President, he or she had better be a current or former Governor. In the last half-century, the only time someone with none of those credentials won was in 2008 -- when both major-party candidates were Senators with no executive experience, so this factor couldn't manifest. There are no recent elections featuring a candidate with experience running a Cabinet department (Clinton) or a small city (Sanders), so it's hard to say how well either of those would work. O'Malley ran a big city and then a state.

Baucus has always been a legislator, except for his current gig as an ambassador, and Clinton surely doesn't need a boost in foreign-policy credentials. In addition, he'd be 75 on Inauguration Day. As others have pointed out in this thread, O'Malley, who's more than 20 years younger than Baucus, represents the next generation of Democratic leaders. Anyone who's been in public life a while will have what some people regard as "some serious issues"; Baucus has many right-wing votes on his record.

[Kang Colby]

50. MOM has too many political blunders to his name.

His record will never stand up to scrutiny. Perhaps Jon Tester or Heidi Heitkamp would make better VP choices for Clinton then.

[PragmaticLiberal]

57. I notice all of your choices are basically moderate to conservative Dems.

I think Clinton would be better off with a left of center/left running mate.

[Kang Colby]

58. We can agree to disagree.

Hillary is a very liberal candidate in my opinion, I think someone more moderate would help to balance her presidency.

[RufusTFirefly]

54. Baucus?? Yikes!! Are you serious?!

Chief apologist for the Insurance Industrial Complex.

Baucus's Raucous Caucus: Doctors, Nurses and Activists Arrested Again for Protesting Exclusion of Single-Payer Advocates at Senate Hearing on Healthcare

Successfully squelched all discussion of single-payer until one tenacious Senator on the committee insisted that single-payer advocates be given a chance to state their case.

Who was that tenacious Senator?

I'll give you a hint: He's running for President.

[Kang Colby]

55. Yes, Baucus was a great legislator and has been a fine diplomat for Obama. n/t

[elleng]

56. REALLY!

baucus!

[lunamagica]

45. I'd love that!

[Raine1967]

49. I would very much love this.

Castro said beck in May that the VP is no way.

As much of an O'MAlley supporter that I still am, I really did believe it would be Castro. Doesn't look like that is going to happen.

You have now revived my hopes of him as a VP. He's a good man, and anyone who has read anything in the O'MAlley group would know why. They would also have a better understanding of his time in office.

HE's a good man and a good politician.

[MFM008]

51. meh

what ever HRC wants

[Metric System]

52. I'm rooting for Elizabeth Warren as VP and I never thought I'd say that a few months ago.