O'Malley part of the Democratic Establishment would change the nation's politics?

[Skwmom]

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Lawmakers said O’Malley received a standing ovation after his pitch in the caucus meeting They don't do that for people who don't support the current system. Look at the way he did business in MD and only has a 3 -5 % approval rating.

http://atr.rollcall.com/omalleys-pitch-second-choice/

O'Malley will be used to serve the Establishment's purpose but he will never be on a Democratic ticket. With all African Americans have to endure (and which has really been exposed to the light over the last couple of years) someone with his record in Baltimore would be toxic on the ticket.

His actions as gov while intending to attract Hispanic voters would not sell well in a general election.

But O'Malley serves his purpose. They kept him under the radar for a purpose. Someone that could be temporarily used to help you beat back an establishment challenger while not posing any real threat to the preferred establishment candidate.

[JustAnotherGen]

1. I hope he sticks around until June

So I can vote for him!

[Skwmom]

2. I personally can't support mass illegal arrests of African Americans.

But that wasn’t enough. O’Malley needed to show crime reduction stats that were not only improbable, but unsustainable without manipulation. And so there were people from City Hall who walked over Norris and made it clear to the district commanders that crime was going to fall by some astonishing rates. Eventually, Norris got fed up with the interference from City Hall and walked, and then more malleable police commissioners followed, until indeed, the crime rate fell dramatically. On paper.

How? There were two initiatives. First, the department began sweeping the streets of the inner city, taking bodies on ridiculous humbles, mass arrests, sending thousands of people to city jail, hundreds every night, thousands in a month. They actually had police supervisors stationed with printed forms at the city jail – forms that said, essentially, you can go home now if you sign away any liability the city has for false arrest, or you can not sign the form and spend the weekend in jail until you see a court commissioner. And tens of thousands of people signed that form.

They were anybody who was slow to clear the sidewalk or who stayed seated on their front stoop for too long when an officer tried to roust them. Schoolteachers, Johns Hopkins employees, film crew people, kids, retirees, everybody went to the city jail. If you think I’m exaggerating look it up. It was an amazing performance by the city’s mayor and his administration.

The city eventually got sued by the ACLU and had to settle, but O’Malley defends the wholesale denigration of black civil rights to this day.

Since O'Malley's wife is a judge he can hardly claim that he didn't understand the 4th Amendment.

I watched a documentary on Freddie Gray a few days ago on one of the cable channels. Don't you think police actions like those engaged in at the behest of O'Malley is part of the reason the police treated Freddie Gray like they did?

And as O'Malley has reminded us, he (and Clinton) are the real Democrats in the race. Really?

https://www.themarshallproject.org/2015/04/29/david-simon-on-baltimore-s-anguish#.WehrTeA9H

[JustAnotherGen]

4. Yes - he is a real Democratic Party member

And this African American woman married to an immigrant is going to vote for him,

End of story.

[bigtree]

3. funny how supporters of a decades-long, career D.C. politician can call a governor 'establishment'

In January 2015, Sanders became the ranking minority member of the Senate Budget Committee.

Committee assignments

Committee on the Budget (Ranking Member)
Committee on Environment and Public Works
Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety
Subcommittee on Green Jobs and the New Economy
Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
Subcommittee on Energy
Subcommittee on National Parks
Subcommittee on Water and Power
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Subcommittee on Children and Families
Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging (Ranking Member)
Committee on Veterans' Affairs

[JustAnotherGen]

5. I noticed that

I'm gobsmacked at people who think I was born yesterday and would fall for it.

[cali]

6. He's not establishment at all. And the reaction by the establishment

makes that clear. And no, it's not because his peers don't like him. It's because they see him as a rabble rouser.

[bigtree]

7. this appropriation of '60s lingo is overblown nonsense

...shorthand for dummies who can't be bothered to actually examine these candidates' records.

Spare me the defense that Sanders isn't part of the political establishment in Washington. He's voted with Democrats over 98% of the time.

[Skwmom]

8. The Democratic Establishment encompasses states as you well know. n/t

[bigtree]

9. so you're advocating against the Democratic establishment?

...I'm not surprised.