Martin O'Malley in Iowa Following Announcement

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Lis Smith ‏@Lis_Smith
Yowza- Des Moines turnt out for @GovernorOMalley. #OMalley2016



____Wealth and power is concentrated in the hands of so few people that it's robbing people of opportunity, Democrat presidential candidate Martin O'Malley said in Iowa on Saturday night.

"There are only two paths for us: One is a sensible rebalancing for our common good, and the other is pitchforks," said O'Malley, repeating a common theme from his speeches around the nation recently.

"Not only do we need to raise the minimum wage, we need to pay overtime pay for overtime work, and we need to make it easier for people to join labor unions. We need to invest more in our children's education, make college more affordable instead of saddling our kids with a lifetime of debt," he said at his campaign's new Des Moines field office on the edge of downtown. "And we need to do a couple of other things as well."

O'Malley told Iowans he's "the only candidate in this race with 15 years of executive experience."

When someone asked about record debt, O'Malley said: "Yeah, the record debt comes from doing things that you're not willing to pay for, like invading Iraq in 2003."

"Right!" an Iowan shouted as the room broke into loud applause.

read: http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/elections/presidential/caucus/2015/05/30/martin-malley-iowa-democrat-presidential-campaign-first-stops-des-moines-davenport-baltimore/28240811/



Democrat Martin O'Malley, former governor of Maryland, speaks Saturday, May 30, 2015, during a campaign stop in Des Moines. (Photo: Michael Zamora/The Register)

E McMorris-Santoro ‏@EvanMcSan
O'Malley took a ton of audience qs at Davenport event. Fired off a lot of granular IA knowledge, such as number of pork processors in state


Michael Zamora/The Register


Lis Smith ‏@Lis_Smith
@GovernorOMalley taking unscripted question after question in Davenport today




Lis Smith ‏@Lis_Smith
@GovernorOMalley on GOP: "it's like the greatest hits of the 80's & 90's- they want to double down on trickle down & even go back to Iraq."


Michael Zamora/The Register


Lis Smith ‏@Lis_Smith
@GovernorOMalley in Davenport: "Rather than talking about dismantling social security, we should be EXPANDING it!"

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1. Great! Glad to see Iowans getting fired up for Democrats!

[Luminous Animal]

2. Me too!

[NYC_SKP]

3. "One is a sensible rebalancing for our common good, and the other is pitchforks"!

Pitchforks!!!

[bigtree]

4. lol

[elleng]

5. VERY pleased to see Iowans on board, bigtree!

O'Malley told Iowans he's "the only candidate in this race with 15 years of executive experience."

When someone asked about record debt, O'Malley said: "Yeah, the record debt comes from doing things that you're not willing to pay for, like invading Iraq in 2003."

"Right!" an Iowan shouted as the room broke into loud applause.

[Agschmid]

6. He will do well.

[Orsino]

7. Good stuff. n/t