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Populist Reform of the Democratic Party

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31. He reads strong

Reply to elleng (Reply #26)

Fri Mar 6, 2015, 10:00 PM

Mar 2015

on the environment, but I'm concerned with his Chamber of Commerce rating and being a co-founder of the NewDeal. The economic Populism is a concern for me.

How does he compare with Obama and then Bernie?

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So O'Malley shows up from nowhere. Why? [View all] Jackpine Radical Mar 2015 OP

And if not, he can be her Veep. hedda_foil Mar 2015 #1

Could that backfire. aspirant Mar 2015 #2

I think privately they are calling themselves "THE WARM PURPLE people eaters" Dragonfli Mar 2015 #3

you always win when you support both sides of the war. Phlem Mar 2015 #4

A lot of us have been watching him for some time Warpy Mar 2015 #5

"Talks a great populist economics fight" aspirant Mar 2015 #6

Here's his resume FSogol Mar 2015 #18

Thanks AGAIN, FSogol. elleng Mar 2015 #28

Didn't Aidan Gillen (Littlefinger on Game of Thrones) play a character based on O'Malley on The Wire Bombtrack Mar 2015 #7

Yes, he did, Mayor of Baltimore. yallerdawg Mar 2015 #12

Kicked and recommended! Is O'Malley a reliable supply sider? Enthusiast Mar 2015 #8

Somebody here posted some links about an O'Malley program that locked a lot of people up ... Scuba Mar 2015 #9

NewDEAL & that dark money is paying off for him now. RiverLover Mar 2015 #10

Koch brothers, Fracking, Chickens, and O'Malley RiverLover Mar 2015 #11

Nice find. Jackpine Radical Mar 2015 #14

The fracking complaints are total BS. O'Malley allowed zero fracking as Governor. FSogol Mar 2015 #19

What he did, so many regs it'd take 3-4 years for the oil cos to break(literally) ground RiverLover Mar 2015 #23

Thanks, FSogol. elleng Mar 2015 #27

It's a start. FSogol Mar 2015 #29

Yes it is. elleng Mar 2015 #30

I saw this morning... yallerdawg Mar 2015 #13

Scary, ainnit? Jackpine Radical Mar 2015 #15

Well, when Gore "lost" to Bush... yallerdawg Mar 2015 #16

And another angle occurs to me-- Jackpine Radical Mar 2015 #17

I think this is the strategy. Let's say that Sen Sanders ran against HRC with just the two of them. rhett o rick Mar 2015 #21

If we depend on the MSM aspirant Mar 2015 #22

Grassroots, social media, constructing & pushing really good sound-bites Jackpine Radical Mar 2015 #25

likewise with Schweitzer: he was "the progressive" until everyone remembered MisterP Mar 2015 #20

I think it was more than just his not wanting wolves. RiverLover Mar 2015 #24

Wrong, and 'the little I've seen so far' elleng Mar 2015 #26

He reads strong aspirant Mar 2015 #31

I didn't see and don't care if the C of C likes him; elleng Mar 2015 #32

Depends on how the Chamber award was determined pscot Mar 2015 #36

Thanks for all the info elleng. RiverLover Mar 2015 #33

You're welcome. elleng Mar 2015 #34

Interesting.... KoKo Mar 2015 #35

My take: LWolf Mar 2015 #37