In Iowa, Martin O’Malley lays out vision for Democratic Party

[Stellar]

In Iowa, Martin O’Malley lays out vision for Democratic Party

Des Moines, Iowa – Former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley says if he runs for president, he will try to pull the Democratic Party back to its populist roots.

“You know what it’s about? It’s really about calling our party back to its true self,” he said in a wide-ranging MSNBC interview airing Friday. “Our politics has been greatly impacted, for the worse, by big money and the concentration of big money.”

O’Malley, in Iowa this week for meetings and a local Democratic Party event, took a break to talk about his potential 2016 challenge to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at Smokey Row Coffee, a bustling coffee shop on the West side of Des Moines. Clinton is expected to begin her presidential campaign as early as this weekend.

Widely known as number-crunching technocrat, O’Malley sounds pretty blunt when criticizing what he calls Wall Street’s growing dominance of campaigns and government – including some members of the Obama administration.
“For 30 years we’ve followed this trickle-down theory of economics that said, ‘Concentrate wealth at the very top, remove regulation and keep wages low so we can be competitive – whatever the hell that means,” O’Malley says.

[link:http://www.msnbc.com/the-cycle/martin-omalley-iowa-2016-interview|

I like that O'Malley said these big bankers need to go to jail, and that Obama had some of the wrong people on his team. Also, "O’Malley’s critiques of the criminal justice system also provide common ground with at least one Republican presidential candidate, Sen. Rand Paul." Good interview at the link.


ETA: forgot the link http://www.msnbc.com/the-cycle/martin-omalley-iowa-2016-interview

[KittyWampus]

1. Hope Iowa likes O'Malley.

[Stellar]

2. I think I do....

never knew much about him before but Ari's interview was interesting.

[mylye2222]

3. Good!

[cali]

4. I'm glad to see O'Malley focusing on these issues.

He needs to get into the race.

[Stellar]

5. I like what he had to say about the issues as he see's them.

[2banon]

6. Ok. someone I've never heard of, I'd like to see lots more notice/attention

it's refreshing to learn of others considering getting into the race and able to articulate issues of concern that I personally share. good on him, and thank for posting.

[Stellar]

8. I see they have put the video up since I posted this

I was watching 'The Cycle' and got excited and decided to post it.

[one_voice]

7. Good...

Throw your hat in. I like him.

[Stellar]

9. K&R

so other that told me about O'Malley can see it.

[Stellar]

10. Martin O'Malley will sing for your vote.

Martin O’Malley Will Sing For Your Vote

Former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley is looking more and more like a candidate for president. But will he be able to make anyone care?
“If anybody will give another big contribution to the Young Democrats, I’ll sing a song!” Martin O’Malley is making this plea on a Tuesday evening in late March from a makeshift stage in the basement of Margaritas, a rundown Mexican restaurant in Nashua, New Hampshire, bathed in pinkish brothel light and furnished with beat-up couches.

O’Malley is here to headline the New Hampshire Young Democrats’ “Social Hour,” a decidedly unglamorous event which has, despite its advertising, drawn a rather geriatric crowd of about 100, making the room “at full capacity,” much to the delight of O’Malley’s handlers.

This is not the type of place you will find Hillary Clinton.

more at the link...


http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/04/11/martin-o-malley-will-sing-for-your-vote.html