He sings and plays guitar and shows off for the girls by wearing sleeveless T-shirts. It's summer. He should do that this weekend. He might really get the media's attention. He needs to improve his name recognition or never mind.

Considering how bad Baltimore's gotten with the crime spree and all the murders, etc etc, I am not sure O'Malley bragging about Baltimore will help his campaign..

Granted, he never threw cops under the bus and called a spade a spade (or in this case, a thug a thug), so he has points with me...

But, in the here and now, Baltimore is nothing to brag about...

Michale

I don't think she is the most powerful contender.. She is a very flawed candidate. If there was a GOP candidate that had the baggage and skeletons that Hillary has, ya'all would laugh yourself silly at such a ridiculous candidate..

Am I wrong???

and hope against hope something, anything, derails her.

Abso-frakin'-LOUTLY I hope something derails her...

She doesn't DESERVE to win.. She doesn't even deserve to run... She is the epitome of everything that is wrong with this country..

Everything ya'all slam Republicans for, every evil nasty thing ya'all say about Republicans can be found in Hillary Clinton...

The fact that she is even the Dem Candidate says a lot about the Democrat Party...

And none of it is good...

If Democrats had even the SLIGHTEST bit of integrity within them, they would resign Hillary Clinton to where she belongs (the trash heap of history) and nominate someone who, from all reports, is an honest and decent American...

Hillary can't win without Independents.. And almost 2/3rds of us Independents don't trust Hillary whatsoever..

And ya'all honestly think she has a shot??

Michale

You mean like the incessant and clumsy scandal mongering against Bush by the Democrat Party Faithful??

I mean, com'on! College-style Hazing is a "scandal"???

I really see no difference between the Dems and their Bush/Cheney scandals and Repubs and their Clinton Scandals..

The Clinton scandals actually have merit because they violate Dem Party platform planks...

Imagine if a GOP POTUS would have been caught boffing a young intern in the Oval Office..

If the Republicans had something genuinely lethal, they would keep it under their hats until October of '16.

By your own admission, nothing the GOP has to date is "lethal"...

So, maybe the GOP is actually following your own advice, eh??

could be wrong, but I don't think so. We'll have fun finding out. :)

That we will.. I have a feeling that once Hillary is the bona fide and named Dem Candidate, the big guns from the GOP are going to come out...

Per your advice.. :D

Michale

I can't decide if you are delighted that Hillary will run because she is weak, or that you strongly suspect she's the most powerful contender and hope against hope something, anything, derails her. Prose has a body language and I read yours as indicating the latter.

As I see it, the incessant and clumsy scandal mongering by the Republican Faithful is not likely to knock her out in the primaries and very likely to inoculate her in the general election. If the Republicans had something genuinely lethal, they would keep it under their hats until October of '16. Tora, Tora Tora. War of attrition favors the stronger side, and fundamentals tells me the Dems are favored fairly strongly in the Presidential contest of '16.

I don't see secret weapon, I see classic mud slinging, or maybe throwing spaghetti at the wall and hoping something sticks. Maybe something will, but Clintons know how to manage scandal and to be absolutely agnostic, how to push the boundaries of law and propriety...which I think we can agree is pretty common among politicians and the upper crust of society that feeds them.

Respect for Swift Boating is why the Clinton's are so lawyer like in their release of information. Let your opposition publicly drill dry holes. It's not a strategy for the faint of heart or weak of stomach, but impeachment made Bill more popular, not less.

I could be wrong, but I don't think so. We'll have fun finding out. :)

Should read:

Doing that from the VP office might NOT be the best way.

If my typing is bad, my hand writing is even worse.

With O'Malley, we wouldn't have to endure 16 months of Democrats throwing up their hands and saying, "Oh god, what has he done now!!??"

That alone should make him attractive to Dems...

Michale

O'Malley's March on YouTube. Reminds me a bit of Pogues, but, of course, much less spittle ("first four rows will get wet") and cursing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-R6IAdT5YWM

I know I don't have a track record on Hillary predictions, but I am going to make one now..

Once Hillary is forced out of the comfort of her "say-nothing-and-nod-empathetically tour", once she has to actually enter an area that she doesn't 1000% control, she will implode...

Let's face it. Hillary is a lousy politician.. She has none of the charm or empathy of Bill. She is a complete dunce when it comes to reacting to new and unexpected situations.. And she is the most arrogant and condescending politician in the history of politicians.. And THAT says a lot...

So, my prediction is that Hillary will self-immolate.. The only question that remains is will she do it before the primary ends or after...

As I indicated previously, an O'Malley Dem Candidate would actually make this a race... For me anyways...

Michale