Well, epic job by the Sanders campaign today. Props.

[Recursion]

I'm sad this sucked all of the oxygen out of my guy's campaign, but this is a really stunning result for a candidate with zero institutional support. This will be an interesting season.

[Uncle Joe]

1. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for your grace, Recursion.

[beam me up scottie]

2. Yes it will, thanks.

And sorry about your guy, he's a class act and we haven't heard the last of Martin O'Malley.

[LovingA2andMI]

22. Agreed...

Martin O' Malley would make one good looking Vice-President and got a feeling --- that might happen if Warren declines.

[beam me up scottie]

24. I wouldn't mind that at all, it would set him up to run in 2020.

[LovingA2andMI]

27. Exactly!!!

As Bernie is likely just to do 4 years and with O' Malley Set Up as the Next President in 2020, I'd say we'll have quite a Progressive Future, indeed.

[Recursion]

31. The textbook says you don't double down on a region like Sanders/Warren would be

Not that the textbook will necessarily be followed...

[LovingA2andMI]

35. Fair Point!

An O'Malley Comment in the last debate about Maryland being below the Mason-Dixie Line -- would lean HEAVY on O' Malley getting the VP Nod if (When) Bernie gets the Democratic Nomination.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. I was sorry to see O'Malley drop out. I like him,

thought he ran a good campaign, and hope he stays in politics.

[ScreamingMeemie]

4. ...

I realized the error of my ways during the last debate. I agreed with pretty much everything Martin had to say, and I wish more of us had realized what you did and thrown our support behind him. I'm late to the pick-a-candidate party this year.

[dana_b]

5. and kudos to O'Malley

and his campaign. I respect him a lot.

[saltpoint]

6. Recursion, the O'Malley group here

comported itself as top-drawer citizens of a Constitutional democracy.

Hats off to ya. You had a class candidate and he attracted class supporters.

[zentrum]

21. It really did.

So glad he was in the campaign. Hated the way he was treated at debates.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

7. I really liked O'Malley, and thought he would make an awesome President.

I am quite sure he won't disappear.

I hope he will run again!

[PowerToThePeople]

8. Props to you for your nice post.

Your guy is a great man. Had there been another situation, he very likely would have had my vote.

You never know, he may still have my vote in the future. He is still fairly young.

[ljm2002]

9. Thanks...

...and I am very sorry that O'Malley never was able to gain traction.

[Ken Burch]

10. Thanks. And my condolences to you about your candidate's withdrawal.

Anyone who worked for Dennis knows how you're feeling tonight.

I think O'Malley will have a future.

[Recursion]

11. We need a new DNC chair, for one, and he'd be good at that

There's an idea. I'd also love him at HHS or VA. (Or, obviously, VP.)

[Ken Burch]

12. Or maybe as co-czar on race with a prominent AA and a prominent Latino leader as the others.

n/t.

[Recursion]

17. Michelle Obama and Julian Castro, maybe? (nt)

[Ken Burch]

18. I like how you're thinking there. n/t.

[LovingA2andMI]

25. Well, I got a Feeling...

That a Sanders/O' Malley 2016 Ticket is a Winner -- so we might not have seen the last of MOM. Let's hope not as he's quite a good looking guy -- and proved in his campaign a badge of Progressive Honor.

[Warren DeMontague]

29. I'll second that.

O'Malley was nothing but a class act at the debates. His statements stood out, and definitely elevated the dialogue not just for the party, but the country as a whole.

[Odin2005]

13. O'Malley is a good guy.

I disagree with is strict stance on guns, but otherwise I think he is a good Democrat, light years better than Hillary.

[jeff47]

14. May O'Malley run again, and next time get the attention he deserves. (nt)

[tk2kewl]

15. +1 for sure! And I hope you'll join us Recursion

[Recursion]

41. I'm looking for Sanders's Democrats Abroad coordinator as we speak (nt)

[tk2kewl]

43. awesome!

[840high]

20. He will. Good man.

[Nanjeanne]

16. Thank you.

[SusanCalvin]

19. Thank you, and Martin is a young man.

He has my future support.

[marble falls]

23. O'M is young enough to take it in eight years after, maybe, eight years...

experience as Bernie's vice President.

[TwilightGardener]

26. Doubt we've heard the last from O'Malley. It takes a lot of grit and spirit

to run a credible and positive campaign the way he did, with so little media attention. He made it to the voting--now he can regroup and figure out what's next.

[MissDeeds]

28. Thanks, Recursion

Martin ran a great campaign, clean, ethical, and issues based. The O'Malley supporters on DU have been wonderful and are a credit to him.

[bigwillq]

30. K and R

[SoapBox]

32. K & R!

Recursion...thank you for the kind words regarding Bernie and sorry that Martin didn't get up more of a head of steam.

Interesting is putting it mildly.

[Arazi]

33. ((Hugs)) MOM has a bright future and maybe the presidency

He's certainly a great candidate to me

[MrMickeysMom]

34. Thanks, Recursion...

He hasn't danced the last dance, to be sure.

[Betty Karlson]

36. O'Malley still has lots to offer this country.

Would he be interested in being DNC chair, do you think? Because the DINO currently occupying it needs to be replaced ASAP.

[JDPriestly]

37. Thank you, Recursion. Bernie is the right man for this time in history.

I like O'Malley. His time will come. He is a very good man.

This election is about jobs and economic justice, and that is what Bernie is about. That is why I believe he will win.

He has made amazing progress. Miraculous if you believe in miracles.

[mhatrw]

38. I will miss O'Malley at the debates.

[PoliticalMalcontent]

39. I look forward to seeing more of O'Malley in the future.

His future has the potential to be bright, indeed.

[sabrina 1]

40. I think O'Malley has a real future in politics. I like him, if Bernie were not in the race,

he would have been my choice. I am sorry I was hoping he would survive as he added so much to the campaign. I heard on Social Media, but couldn't confirm it anywhere with a link so far, that he urged his supporters to 'join Bernie' and contribute to changing things. I hope he does.

[TBF]

42. And props to you and EllenG for your tireless support

for O'Malley. I think many of us knew very little about him and now he has been on the national stage and is a household name. Facing a former first lady and a long standing Senator was gutsy on his part & I look forward to seeing more of him.

[Recursion]

44. Thanks! I'm not remotely in elleng's class as a DU supporter, but I appreciate that

I do think there's a bright future for O'Malley, in the next D administration and beyond. I'm still trying to decide if he'd be best as DNC chair, VP, HHS secretary, or Veterans' Affairs secretary. I think he'd absolutely kill it at any of them.

[Mbrow]

45. K&R

for O'Malley as well, Thanks

[daleanime]

46. I don't think it was just Bernie who 'sucked up all the oxygen'.....

I think all of it was suppose to go to one person only. And that is a shame, a open campaign would have been far more interesting.