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2016 Postmortem

bigtree

(86,008 posts) Sat Oct 31, 2015, 12:08 PM Oct 2015

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O'Malley's March Makes Progress

Iowa Starting Line ?@IAStartingLine 20m20 minutes ago
"Since I last saw you, we have firmly secured third place," says @MartinOMalley #iacaucus

Jake Oeth ?@JakeOeth 16m16 minutes ago
Packed house in Valley Junction to hear @MartinOMalley great fall Saturday morning for coffee and politics #iacaucus

Eric Litmer ?@ericlitmer 18m18 minutes ago West Des Moines, IA
@MartinOMalley talking #ActionNotWords to a packed coffee house in West DSM. #IACaucus

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O'Malley's March Makes Progress (Original Post) bigtree Oct 2015 OP

K&R. n/t FSogol Oct 2015 #1

A good sense of humor is a mark of intelligence! hedgehog Oct 2015 #2

I love his demeanor loyalsister Oct 2015 #3

Yes indeed! elleng Oct 2015 #4

O'Malley's humor and humility are based on abundant self-confidence. Koinos Oct 2015 #5

FSogol

(45,553 posts)

1. K&R. n/t

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Sat Oct 31, 2015, 01:40 PM

Oct 2015

hedgehog

(36,286 posts)

2. A good sense of humor is a mark of intelligence!

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Sat Oct 31, 2015, 02:02 PM

Oct 2015

loyalsister

(13,390 posts)

3. I love his demeanor

Reply to hedgehog (Reply #2)

Sat Oct 31, 2015, 02:32 PM

Oct 2015

He comes across as gentle and humble. A rare and desirable quality in a national leader.

elleng

(131,193 posts)

4. Yes indeed!

Reply to loyalsister (Reply #3)

Sat Oct 31, 2015, 02:45 PM

Oct 2015

Watch him discussing the issues.

http://siouxcityjournal.com/news/video-martin-o-malley-speaks-to-journal-editorial-board/youtube_d9901039-3bea-5870-b591-a18fb1163cf2.html

Koinos

(2,792 posts)

5. O'Malley's humor and humility are based on abundant self-confidence.

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Sat Oct 31, 2015, 03:54 PM

Oct 2015

JMHO, but I still view the youngest candidate as the adult in the room.

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