Martin O'Malley 2016-- A shoutout to liberals.

[Admiral Loinpresser]

Al Gore and Elizabeth Warren are both extremely unlikely to run. Bernie Sanders is, unfortunately, unelectable. So that left me looking for someone with a liberal record and policy positions, but also somebody who is electable. The only one who fits that description and is interested in running is Martin O'Malley.

“It was during his second term that O'Malley stacked up a list of progressive accomplishments that would make any liberal Democrat jealous: ending the death penalty in Maryland, raising the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, implementing stricter gun control laws, legalizing gay marriage and giving in-state tuition to the children of immigrants in the U.S. illegally. The latter two policies survived a statewide referendum in 2012.”

His current name recognition is probably only around 1%, but it's very early. We could help change that.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/martin-omalley-hillary-clinton-progressive-challenger-iowa/

[JustAnotherGen]

1. Yes we can!

Change that!

[elleng]

2. We're working on it, Admiral!

Here's one recent thread: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026505606

[VanillaRhapsody]

3. Here is your big "far left" hero...

http://www.ontheissues.org/Martin_O%60Malley.htm

for contrast....here is Bill Clinton:

[FSogol]

4. That whole "on the issues" table is a load of libertarian bollocks.

It is created to overstate the importance of libertarian "thought".

Want proof? Click on the "about us" and look at their staff. (I redacted the names):

GOP candidates
Libertarian Party candidates
Constitution Party candidates
Natural Law Party candidates
Green Party candidates

Notice which party is missing?

[VanillaRhapsody]

20. Why would libertarians be that off

Oh right....so they just decided that Hillary Clinton is about as far left as Elizabeth Warren!!!

RIGHT!!!!

[cali]

18. LOL. Yesteray I wrote an OP about why voting records and

even more- these charts for idiots- are at best a rough road map, and more often, useless. I've been saying that for years and years here at DU.

Last night O'Malley came out for a $15 minimum wage and against the TPP? Where does HRC stand on those issues? Oh, that's right it's just too early to say.

[VanillaRhapsody]

21. THOSE are not the ONLY issues that make one a Liberal

sorry Charlie...Starkist only accepts the best Tuna...



whoopsie

Favors topic 13:
Support & expand free trade
(+2 points on Economic scale)

[FSogol]

5. Mother Jones magazine called O'Malley the best candidate on Environmental Issues.

http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/12/martin-omalley-longshot-presidential-candidate-and-real-climate-hawk

[Admiral Loinpresser]

22. +1 n/t

[DFW]

6. Plus, he's a performing musician

Not like Huckaboo, but an Irish folk music performer. The kind of infectious music that leaves everybody in a good mood. He'll be one to watch if he gets serious about this. Even if he ends up as VP, he'd probably be the first sitting VP to give concerts in the White House.

[elleng]

7. which would be very cool, DFW!

P.S., How's the wrist doing?

[DFW]

8. Ugh! Don't ask

We talk every day, of course. Her hand is still swollen, and she goes in for more X-rays tomorrow. She has been given an accelerated schedule of lymphatic draining, which we hope will bring the swelling down. If that works, we will be a lot more confident that things are as well as they can be.

[elleng]

9. Sorry not progressing as well as hoped,

and sorry for asking.

Thinking of you all.

[DFW]

10. No, it's fine

No sense in saying it's better than it is. We'll get through this.

[Admiral Loinpresser]

13. Here's a video of his band.

Yeah, he's more of an Irish tenor to me than American folk. He plays a decent pennywhistle and I'v seen a report of him playing banjo.

[4dsc]

11. We need as many candidates as possible

So lets in O'Malley and Warren and Bernie for starters. The GOP is grabbing all the headlines with many candidates and they are drowning out our message and ideals.

[Evergreen Emerald]

12. He has provided no platform

And why hasn't he announced yet? It is unfair for him to wait any longer.

[Jim Lane]

16. A few notes about O'Malley's progressive platform.

He's announced his opposition to the TPP and the Keystone pipeline, and his support for reinstating the Glass-Steagall Act.

Your candidate has evidently been too busy picking a logo to bother with such minor details. (If I'm wrong, and if she has taken a public position on any of these issues, I'd be delighted to learn where she stands, and I'd be humbly grateful for any links you can provide.)

Of course, O'Malley's announced platform goes far beyond those issues, but those are the first ones that occur to me where I sincerely don't know where Hillary Clinton stands.

[cali]

19. He's provided more specifics than HRC. I eagerly await the day that she provides any.

He'll announce.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

14. I LIKE him a lot!

And it's been way too long since I've seen you, my dear Admiral Loinpresser!

[Admiral Loinpresser]

15. We might be moving closer to you

but it's still up in the air.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

17. That would be too cool!

Can you PM me some details?