Is Martin O'Malley doing a Hillary Clinton a favor to get the Veep job?

[Pryderi]

O'Malley endorsed Hillary in 2008 and can defuse the threat of Bernie Sanders.

/speculation

[FSogol]

1. First, it is Martin O'Malley, not Mark. Second, save your tin foil,

he's running to be President.

[Pryderi]

2. Thanks for the correction. Let's see who Hillary picks to run with her

after the nomination

[FSogol]

3. She'll probably chose Julian Casto, a young latino from Texas.

Choosing someone from a red state will boost her with independents, choosing a Latino will help too. Maryland will vote the Democratic candidate, no advantage to choosing someone from there.

[libdem4life]

6. Yep, and he's Liberal and apparently squeaky clean politically...plus Hispanic.

[TheKentuckian]

9. Why is he liberal? All I ever get to justify this assertion is multi lingual voting drives and that

his mother is a liberal and if pushed beyond this I get called a purist. Everything I see says another "bipartisan centrist" and friend to "stakeholders" pushed by the establishment as the newest Feyd-Rautha.

[libdem4life]

10. He was raised Liberal and the best article I've seen on his background is below. I guess he could

have become toward the right, but not likely. The old saying...The apple never drops far from the tree...is more true than not. Few politicians have his humble upbringing, values, education, intelligence, electability and yes, his Hispanic heritage. Also it's a two-fer...his twin Joaquin is now in the House of Representatives after about 10 years in the Texas State House.

http://library.uta.edu/tejanovoices/interview.php?cmasno=123

[TheKentuckian]

15. That isn't even about him! What are his positions and policies? I don't do corruption or

transfer by blood.

Ron Reagan is not Ronald, Andrew Cuomo is not Mario, Evan Bayh is not Birch.

Let us talk about this person (and his brother too) on their own merits and see what we have.

[Dawgs]

4. 2008 all over again I see.

[Joe the Revelator]

7. haha. exactly.

you'd think they learn

[cali]

5. no. He knows and I know and you should know that

no nominee from NY is going to pick someone from another northeastern state as their vp choice- and a small state at that. How would that help her?

[Koinos]

8. Especially after he referred to her royal family.

[H2O Man]

11. Very interesting.

Recommended.

[Kalidurga]

12. If you watch Martin O'Malley's campaign ad it would be very clear...

He is running for President and not Vice-President and he is against the idea that it's anyone's turn or the idea of anyone being coronated. It doesn't sound to me like he is a fan of Hillary Clinton's politics, I could be wrong about that of course.

[JI7]

13. there is nothing he brings as VP for her , but she could be a good vp for him if he wins the

nomination.

[cherokeeprogressive]

14. Nnnnnnnnnope. Hillary would be an excellent choice as HIS VP though. n/t

[TheKentuckian]

16. No she wouldn't. Selecting her for that post is like stamping "whack me" on your own forehead.

[bigtree]

17. you must have missed the part where he said Wall Street would favor her election

...and he denounced political dynasties.

...from his speech:

Goldman Sachs is one of the biggest repeat-offending investment banks in America. Recently, the CEO of Goldman Sachs let his employees know that he'd be just fine with either Bush or Clinton.

I bet he would.

Well, I've got news for the bullies of Wall Street.

The presidency is not a crown to be passed back and forth by you between two royal families.