Martin O'Malley: 'Hillary Clinton Has Changed Her Position on Virtually Every Defining Issue'

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2016 Democratic presidential candidate Martin O'Malley joins Morning Joe to discuss the state of his campaign and why young people are coming around to his message.



excerpt:

O'Malley:

“A weathervane shifts its positions in the wind. Effective leaders do not. I am clear about my principles I know where I stand. I was against the Trans Pacific Partnership 8 months ago. Hillary Clinton has changed her position on virtually every defining issue in this race - except for one, and that's to protect the big banks on Wall Street and go about with business as usual. I don't think that's what the people of our country are looking for. I have the independence, I have the backbone, to stand up for what our nation needs. That's what people are going to see now that it's down to a three person race.”

"I think this race has changed in many, many ways just over the last week ... the differences that I am going to be able to make now between two candidates who have been in Washington for about 40 years now - neither one of whom have gotten much done - and another candidate representing a new perspective and a new generation of leadership who's actually gotten difficult things done," O'Malley said...

Capehart: ...governor, it’s not just policy positions. Of all the people on the stage in Las Vegas and in the next debate coming up, you’re the only one who has actually done things. You rattled off some of these, but marriage equality, you put some skin in the game. Gun control, you passed and signed legislation. You raised the minimum wage, and all these issues where the Democratic Party is, where the base is, you haven’t just talked about it, you’ve done it. So were why are you in third place and not first?

O’Malley: Because last time, this time around we had had nine debates in the Democratic party and this time in an undemocratic effort to limit debates and circle the wagons around the front-runner, we were late in starting our debates. But we’re making up for that ground, because we had record viewership in the first debate. And I think you’re going to see record viewership in the second debate, because our country is looking for new leadership. We can’t be this dissatisfied about our national politics and an economy where most of us are working harder and getting ahead and think that a resort to old names or old ideologies are going to move us forward.

watch full interview: http://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/omalley--i-am-energized-by-this-race-551941699747

[think]

1. Book marking for later viewing

[elleng]

2. He said it!

and lots of other things. A good interview, and Capehart opened many doors for him.

[Fumesucker]

3. You say that like it's a bad thing

If Hillary was wrong about virtually every defining issue before then she's right now.

[FSogol]

4. K & R. n/t

[brooklynite]

5. Well, there goes the VP slot...

[bigtree]

6. more like

...there goes all of the groundless speculation.

[raindaddy]

9. I thought that spot was reserved for Debbie Wasserman Schultz?

[bigtree]

7. kick

[AzDar]

8. Ayup. Sanders/O'Malley 2016

[hedgehog]

12. I think O'Malley offers several advantages over Bernie -

(not to say i don't like Bernie!)

1. He has delivered on some of the items Bernie talks about

2. I'm afraid Bernie will scare some in the center where O'Malley can talk about the same goals without being scary.

and -speaking as a Baby Boomer - it's time for a new generation to step up!

[NorthCarolina]

10. Why Land 'O Goshen, she's a newly Born Again Progressive I tell ya.

Really this time, no foolin'.

[fadedrose]

11. And a lot of her supporters will change their minds too

when it happens once too often . . .

[Omaha Steve]

13. When your right your right

Now he will be said to be negatively attacking Hillary.

K&R!

OS

[Gamecock Lefty]

14. Poor Martin.

Trying hard as hell to get above 4% and be relevant.

[jalan48]

15. Whatever it takes to get elected.

Then we will find out where she stands.

[Duval]

16. Hmmm, interesting. I'll

pay more attention to O'Malley. I'm a Bernie Bear, but we need a VP!! I can't quite see Clinton settling for VP.