2016 Postmortem

Samantha

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30. O'Malley is an excellent candidate

Sun Oct 25, 2015, 01:14 PM

Oct 2015

He does have an impeccable record for getting things done. I think what is holding him back is a lack of national presence. The more people see him, and listen to him, and review what he has done, I think his numbers will continue to rise.

I personally admire O'Malley a great deal. I am supporting Bernie because I have admired him for a long time and often wished he would run for President. I never thought he would because that type of campaign is extremely grueling, and I was not sure he would think he could withstand that stress for the months to come. Much to my delight, he did announce. And knowing what his top planks in his platform were, from that moment on, there was no question who I would be supporting.

But Sanders/O'Malley sounds like a great team to me (assuming Elizabeth Warren wants to remain in the Senate).

Sam

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My impressions from attending JJ Dinner [View all] askew Oct 2015 OP

Great summation. I would concur. azmom Oct 2015 #1

Hillary had a long week. Her speech seemed... JaneyVee Oct 2015 #2

Going GE in her campaign appearances at this point MineralMan Oct 2015 #5

Event started an hour late. Chartered buses were leaving at 10:30, with or without Bernie and djean111 Oct 2015 #8

Yah, well, OK... MineralMan Oct 2015 #10

I sincerely doubt whether anyone who is upset by this was going to support Bernie anyway. djean111 Oct 2015 #12

Do you? Iowa caucus goers often change their minds MineralMan Oct 2015 #16

Well, we'll see, then, right? I doubt we are hoping for the same outcome. :-) n/t djean111 Oct 2015 #17

I'm not hoping for any particular outcome in Iowa. MineralMan Oct 2015 #19

Hillary's supporters all left after Hillary's speech in NH this year askew Oct 2015 #14

That wasn't smart, either, then. MineralMan Oct 2015 #18

Definitely agree. askew Oct 2015 #22

The event started an hour late and the chartered buses were leaving at 10:30. djean111 Oct 2015 #7

They were going to leave empty?? nt sunnystarr Oct 2015 #9

Just reporting what people who were there said. djean111 Oct 2015 #11

That was a small portion of Bernie's supporters who came from colleges. askew Oct 2015 #15

K&R. n/t FSogol Oct 2015 #3

Thought provoking summation. Thanks. Gidney N Cloyd Oct 2015 #4

Thank you for your account. mmonk Oct 2015 #6

A lot of people said the difference between JJ dinner last night and in 2007 askew Oct 2015 #20

the O'Malley rally bigtree Oct 2015 #13

Bill droning on and on after the Katy Perry show....ugh. Peregrine Took Oct 2015 #21

Bill was the last one to leave JJ dinner even after Hillary and O'Malley. askew Oct 2015 #23

As a Leo artislife Oct 2015 #26

you must have really watched the speech dsc Oct 2015 #24

You may be in a for a long campaign season then mythology Oct 2015 #27

He WAS regarded that way. He pretty much killed Hillary's chances in SC with his askew Oct 2015 #34

He spoke for 16 minutes and was funny as hell. ucrdem Oct 2015 #29

Great recap artislife Oct 2015 #25

His comments this week really moved me as well. askew Oct 2015 #35

'O'Malley was only candidate to get entire stadium up on their feet twice. Even the rich folks.' elleng Oct 2015 #28

O'Malley is an excellent candidate Samantha Oct 2015 #30

There well continue to be lack of 'national presence' as long as msm insists on ignoring him, Sam, elleng Oct 2015 #33

Maybe he could make arrangements to appear on more network shows Samantha Oct 2015 #37

He's been on a few, elleng Oct 2015 #38

"like a little army" moondust Oct 2015 #31

Thanks for the eyewitness report nt Dems to Win Oct 2015 #32

Clearing out when Hillary started is rude i thought. At least respect ALL our candidates enough to kelliekat44 Oct 2015 #36

Hillary's done the same thing this cycle and last. askew Oct 2015 #40

Thank You For The Report !!! WillyT Oct 2015 #39

great report! thanks much! n/t retrowire Oct 2015 #41

Does O'Malley feel our system is fundamentally broken (like Sanders) or just needs to be tweaked Bread and Circus Oct 2015 #42

Tweak, I think you can fairly say. elleng Oct 2015 #46

tyvm for the reply Bread and Circus Oct 2015 #47

You're welcome, Bread and Circus. elleng Oct 2015 #48

Thank you for the summary coolepairc Oct 2015 #43

Nice report libodem Oct 2015 #44

According to polls Robbins Oct 2015 #45

Excuse me, your bias is showing. Nitram Oct 2015 #49