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2016 Postmortem

lovemydog

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17. I was quite impressed with how Martin O'Malley

Reply to askew (Original post)

Sun Jul 19, 2015, 09:31 PM

Jul 2015

conducted himself and particularly how he chose to listen, chose to shine the spotlight on black lives matter, and met with people from that group later. I think he gets it that it's of huge importance, that it causes enormous pain, and that pain will not go away until the problems are fixed. Bravo Governor O'Malley.

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O'Malley showed us why he should be the nominee yesterday. [View all] askew Jul 2015 OP

"I'm committed to continuing this conversation." MH1 Jul 2015 #1

Yeah, that was my thought as well. askew Jul 2015 #8

O'Malley definitely ran into some issues with his attempt to equalize whose lives mattered bigtree Jul 2015 #2

kick bigtree Jul 2015 #3

IMO O'Malley has a real shot at being on the 2016 Dem ticket. He seems to be oasis Jul 2015 #4

Yes, and following HIS instincts is a very good thing. elleng Jul 2015 #10

Is O'Malloy"s Super PAC aspirant Jul 2015 #5

no, they're hiring their own staff bigtree Jul 2015 #6

"peculiar new tactic" "weird to implement" aspirant Jul 2015 #7

the law distances him from the PAC bigtree Jul 2015 #11

Didn't he publicly distance himself aspirant Jul 2015 #12

not the same thing bigtree Jul 2015 #18

How can you be against CU and silently enjoy the benefits of CU aspirant Jul 2015 #20

same way Sanders is 'enjoying' his pacs bigtree Jul 2015 #22

Thanks for this, askew. elleng Jul 2015 #9

I agree. He handled it much better than Sanders, who seemed perturbed and ready to walk off. Metric System Jul 2015 #13

I don't really blame Sanders, either MH1 Jul 2015 #14

Good. elleng Jul 2015 #16

Kick. Agschmid Jul 2015 #15

I was quite impressed with how Martin O'Malley lovemydog Jul 2015 #17

Thanks, lovemydog. elleng Jul 2015 #19

Yes Andy823 Jul 2015 #21

+1 Well said. n/t FSogol Jul 2015 #23