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35. Unanswered charges are most damaging

Tue Apr 28, 2015, 11:23 AM

Apr 2015

I think the biggest danger for any candidate is to go silent and to let his/her opponents define him or her. That's pretty much what Brown did in the final weeks of his campaign for governor in Maryland. O'Malley is no Brown. And he usually doesn't dodge difficult questions. The Baltimore mess is, indeed, unfortunate timing for his potential run; but I believe the present mayor is really to blame for not acting more decisively and proactively in this situation. I am not impressed with what she has done for relations between the police and the black community. O'Malley's tenure as mayor was a long time ago, and his final years as mayor showed real progress from an initial "zero tolerance" approach, which had been pursued by many mayors all over the country due to its apparent "success" in New York City.

The real "danger" to O'Malley's possible candidacy will be the entrance of Bernie Sanders into the race. I believe that Bernie would attract most of the progressive support and dollars out there, and O'Malley would find his campaign suddenly unaffordable. O'Malley visited friends in the movie business out west, but I think Hollywood and practically everyone else uneasy with Clinton would support Bernie Sanders in a New York minute.

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Martin O'Malley is getting some media scrutiny re Baltimore today... [View all] CTyankee Apr 2015 OP

not that O'Malley had any chance of winning beforehand, but . . . geek tragedy Apr 2015 #1

I think the RW media is going to make this look like O'Malley's fault. CTyankee Apr 2015 #3

and they are also blaming the present Mayor Rosa Luxemburg Apr 2015 #32

Last Night During The Heat Of The Cable News Reporting Of The Situation I Already Heard Some Blame.. global1 Apr 2015 #2

The next hours and days will be interesting. O'Malley's inner circle must be in a CTyankee Apr 2015 #4

Michael Steele raised it first Tom Rinaldo Apr 2015 #5

We now lend credence to the glop that comes out of Michael Steele's piehole? FSogol Apr 2015 #10

"I do not know if Steele is off base or is correct in his observations." Tom Rinaldo Apr 2015 #17

OMG, someone evolved! HERESY! boston bean Apr 2015 #23

Yeah, pretty ridiculous. He left office as Mayor of Baltimore in Nov 2007. FSogol Apr 2015 #6

They are finger pointing and saying "He started it." CTyankee Apr 2015 #7

Yes and No Lurks Often Apr 2015 #8

The question arises as to whether he has "evolved" into a newer way of seeing things CTyankee Apr 2015 #9

"arming cops with increasingly lethal weaponry" Lurks Often Apr 2015 #21

See post #10. He started with those policies, but changed away from that FSogol Apr 2015 #11

Doesn't much matter, rightly or wrongly he is going to get some of the blame Lurks Often Apr 2015 #15

That's how the RW media works. We don't have to accept that. FSogol Apr 2015 #19

That's how BOTH sides of the media work Lurks Often Apr 2015 #22

and yet efforts are being made to stretch the blame back 7-1/2 years while not mentioning FSogol Apr 2015 #24

Comes with being a politician Lurks Often Apr 2015 #27

I disagree with this part malaise Apr 2015 #12

He starts the day for folks like me...I tune him in to get today's RW talking points... CTyankee Apr 2015 #13

yes he does Rosa Luxemburg Apr 2015 #33

Yup, pretty transparent. n/t FSogol Apr 2015 #14

O'Malley is no more to blame for his tenure as mayor or city council OKNancy Apr 2015 #16

let's see who got the memo. mopinko Apr 2015 #18

Folks who have said we should nominate someone other than Hillary to avoid smears should stevenleser Apr 2015 #20

For the RW, any Democrat getting the nomination will become the most liberal candidate of FSogol Apr 2015 #26

I Guarantee if O'Malley Runs, the African-Americans of Baltimore qwlauren35 Apr 2015 #25

Some will. From a recent Washington Post article: FSogol Apr 2015 #34

+1 n/t lumberjack_jeff Apr 2015 #37

First one must fredamae Apr 2015 #28

I view his stuff as propaganda that he is pushing du jour. I don't take his word on anything. CTyankee Apr 2015 #30

O'Malley cuts short his speaking tour in Ireland to return home to Baltimore Koinos Apr 2015 #29

I'm not so sure. He has a really big problem on his hands if he is thinking of running for president CTyankee Apr 2015 #31

Unanswered charges are most damaging Koinos Apr 2015 #35

I guess if he makes a real effort to reach out to the black community and he gets CTyankee Apr 2015 #36

Martin O'Malley walks into a West Baltimore community meeting Koinos Apr 2015 #38

It's exactly what he needed to do...and I do think he is sincere... CTyankee Apr 2015 #39