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29. Dramatic license to move the narrative

And afaik some do consider O'Malley to somehow have the "magic mix" of ingredients needed to win enough of the electoral college votes. I disagree with their assessment but there's no denying that some of the most influential people in our party think in those terms/along those lines. It's why a lot of people lined up early behind HRC, they find her very electable.
The article immediately goes on to say that O'Malley "has joined Sen. Bernie Sanders to be the only two challengers to the former secretary of state". Joined as in Sanders is already there, is how I take it.

The paragraph in full: "Former Maryland governor Martin O’Malley, considered by some to be the only real threat to Hillary Clinton, has joined Sen. Bernie Sanders to be the only two challengers to the former secretary of state. Republicans, whose seemingly limitless field seems poised for a “Hunger Games”-esque cage match, worry that a Clinton cakewalk through the primaries will leave her relatively unscathed in the general election against a beaten and beleaguered GOP nominee whose every foible will have been exposed."