Martin O'Malley: 'I am not beholden to Wall Street interests’
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Former Maryland governor Martin O'Malley, the newest candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, criticized former secretary of state Hillary Clinton (D) and former Florida governor Jeb Bush (R) as being a part of "the old leadership" unable to sever ties with Wall Street.
When pressed on whether he believes Clinton and likely candidate Bush would have the same approach to Wall Street, O'Malley said on ABC's "This Week": "I'm saying that what we need new leadership to accomplish is to actually rein in excesses on Wall Street."
"I don't know what Secretary Clinton's approach to Wall Street might be. She will run her own campaign, and I will run mine. I can tell you this: I am not beholden to Wall Street interests," O'Malley said.
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Gov. Martin O'Malley Says New Leadership Needed to Rein in Wall Street. http://abcn.ws/1RzKC7p #ThisWeek (clip)
Newly declared Democratic presidential contender, former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley, took aim at Wall Street and both former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former Republican Florida Gov. Jeb Bush during an exclusive interview with ABC News Saturday, saying "new leadership" is needed to rein in what he referred to as the "excesses" of the major investment banks.
"I'm saying that what we need [is] new leadership ... to actually rein in excesses on Wall Street," O'Malley told ABC News' George Stephanopoulos, when asked if Clinton and Bush are beholden to the "bullies" of Wall Street. "And I do believe that, yes – the old leadership of our country was very often deeply engaged with Wall Street."
"When you have somebody that's the CEO of one of the biggest repeat offending investment banks in the country telling his employees that he'd be fine with either Bush or Clinton, that should tell all of us something," he added, referring to recent comments by Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein.
O'Malley, who declared he would run for the Democratic presidential nomination during a rally in Baltimore Saturday, made reining in Wall Street a cornerstone of his campaign message.
"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," O'Malley said during his announcement speech.
read/watch: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/gov-martin-omalley-leadership-needed-rein-wall-street/story?id=31418746
"There are no Wall Street CEOs banging down my door and trying to participate or help my campaign."
'This Week' transcript: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/week-transcript-maryland-governor-martin-omalley/story?id=29953609&page=4
O'MALLEY: ...I think that our country always benefits from new leadership and new perspectives. Let's be honest here, the presidency of the United States is not some crown to be passed between two families, it is an awesome and sacred trust that to be earned, and exercised on behalf of the American people.
...in order for us to make an economy again where people can work hard and get ahead, we need a president who is on our side, a president who is willing to take on powerful, wealthy, special interests in order restore that sort of American economy where wherever you start on the earnings spectrum, you can get ahead through your hard work. That's not the economy we have today.
Twelve years in a row of wages declining. And it doesn't have to be this way.
STEPHANOPOULOS: And Hillary Clinton is not the candidate to take on those powerful special interests?
O'MALLEY: Well, I don't know. I don't know where she stands. Will she represent a break with the failed policies of the past? Well, I don't know. What I know for my own part is in Maryland, we did the things that worked in order to attain the highest median income in the country, in order to create more jobs at a faster rate than our neighbors in Virginia or Pennsylvania. And we also followed policies of inclusion when it comes to marriage equality, the DREAM Act, common sense rights for new Americans like driver's licenses so that they could take care of their families and also reinforce this American dream.
...it's not about being for or against any other candidate, it's about being for the national interests. We can become a strong country again with a strong economy that works for everyone again. But we have to put national interests ahead of special interests.
And right now, it's not even a fair fight. It's as if Wall Street owns one party, and is trying to totally intimidate the other party. And we need to stand up and put the national interests first. If we do that, we can restore our economy.
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He did very well, and avoided talking about Hillary by saying she could defend herself. I really like his statement on Wall Street, and his view on making those responsible for wrong doing on Wall Street to be prosecuted for their crimes. I am liking him more and more! 
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