Martin O'Malley To Suspend His Presidential Campaign

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Source: Huffington Post

Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley is suspending his campaign for president, The Huffington Post has confirmed.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/martin-o-malley-2016_us_562551f8e4b02f6a900d5d62

[Gregorian]

1. We hope to see more of O'Malley, and thankful that he ran. He added a lot to the debates.

[navarth]

2. that sucks.

I like the guy. I hope we see more of him.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

5. I have to agree.

I wish he'd had a better turnout.

[roguevalley]

14. he was a gadfly when we really needed him to be one. Good on ya, O'Malley

Shlainte.

[trillion]

47. I agree. BUT there were problems. He like Hillary, has(d) a super pac.

We don't need an establishment candidate for Wall Street no matter how great the Hillary voters think she is. We didn't need one in O'malley either. I liked him other than that friggen giant Elephant in the room.

[trillion]

39. I liked him too. Although I think Bernie is the far better Candidate.

[TeamPooka]

3. Martin we hardley knew ye. nt

[Kingofalldems]

4. If we win he gets a cabinet position.

[iandhr]

9. Beat me to it.

Maybe Commerce or Labor?

[OhZone]

6. If not Castro, maybe he'd be a good VP? n/t

[eggplant]

30. +1

[jeff47]

31. Not for either Democrat.

It would result in a ticket that's pretty geographically unbalanced. And it's not like he can deliver MD to either candidate - I don't see either one losing MD in the general.

[nolabear]

7. Shot of his campaign headquarters auditorium "The saddest place on TV tonight."

[tomm2thumbs]

8. even before final counts -- wow -- wondering if folks are hearing that within voting areas

perhaps this was an attempt to give his supporters a chance to move

[briv1016]

36. The 15% rule got him.

Makes you wonder what the Republican side would look like with a 15% rule.

[Babel_17]

10. He made the effort, and that's important

I salute him.

Salute!

[PatBateman]

11. The O'Malley vote will go to Bernie in future

And that will close the gap.

[groundloop]

12. SO.... Democrats now have 2 intelligent candidates, GOPers have 12 or so Klowns

And I hope to be seeing O'Malley in the future. From what little I listened to him he seemed very genuine and knowledgeable.

[yeoman6987]

28. About 5 GOP clowns will suspend tomorrow.

[StevieM]

13. O'Malley is a great guy. The race was better off for his presence. (eom)

[rpannier]

20. Agreed

He was an asset

As opposed to the He/She was an ass from the other party

[StevieM]

21. Yep. And doesn't Carly Fiorina give new meaning to the word asshole? (eom)

[The Second Stone]

40. In that respect Carly Fiorina truly broke sexist political barriers

in that she has removed any inhibitions I have had in the past to describing a woman candidate as a complete f****** asshole. She and Cruz have brought back the venal personality of a Dick Nixon to presidential politics. (Trump hasn't risen to the level of seriousness to make that happen.)

I'll be sorry to see O'Malley go. He is a very decent sort, and I think added to the mix.

[StevieM]

42. Don't underestimate how despicable Marco Rubio might turn out to be. And, of course, I am sure you

won't forget what a miserable bastard Chris Christie is.

ITA about O'Malley. He is a good guy. All three of our candidates are terrific IMO.

[The Second Stone]

43. They are all disgusting

However, neither Cruz nor Rubio are natural born citizens. It's time for Trump to file his lawsuit and show the bastards that he really was a birther.

[StevieM]

45. I think Rubio was born in the United States. Cruz was not. I am unclear on what

a natural born citizen is.

I have much greater reasons to fear a Cruz presidency. The man is dangerous.

[The Second Stone]

46. Born on American soil to at least one American parent and

raised American.

Rubio's parents were both Cuban citizens. He's an anchor baby. And while that makes him a citizen by act of Congress, it does not necessarily make him a natural born citizen.

I suppose the Courts will have to rule on it.

[rpannier]

15. Sad.

[Mira]

16. We gained so much by having him run and show

that we are all awesome and articulate and able.
Hope his support goes to Bernie.

[zentrum]

17. Just wrote him at

[e-mail]

(I hope that's the best one)

Told him he added a lot and we hope to see a whole lot more of him in the future.

We should take care of and thank all of our progressives.

[strategery blunder]

18. I hope we see more of Martin O'Malley

In just about any other election I could think of, he would have made an excellent candidate. He would have been my second choice this election, but I don't get to vote/caucus (my state does both) until much later.

The Third Wayers who have been running the DNC from the Beltway ignored and pushed aside the Democratic base for so long that this is very much an establishment vs. anti-establishment election, for the heart and soul of the Democratic Party, which simply left no room for O'Malley to gain traction IMO. Not even 2008 was quite like this. Back then we didn't realize that the DLC types would continue to ignore us even after we won the 2008 election, and of course 2010 became DWS' excuse to not even try.

[burrowowl]

37. AMEN!!!!

[840high]

19. Such a good man. He was

never given a chance.

[StevieM]

25. I like O'Malley a lot, but I think he was afforded a chance. He just wasn't able to capitalize on it

I think that Clinton and Sanders were very appealing, for different reasons, to most Democrats. They earned their supporters.

[24601]

22. How about for DNC Chair instead of DWS?

[No Vested Interest]

38. Is DNC chair a prize? I consider it a penalty. nt

[24601]

48. It just seems like a penalty today because of the way the job has been done in recent years. I

remember Howard - he didn't get the nomination but was a kick-ass Chairman.

[SheilaT]

23. Alas, I am not surprised.

I sort of think he might make a good VP choice. Have no idea if he'd be interested.

[elmac]

24. Bye MOM

[MADem]

26. They announced it on TV as well.

He's out of money. His staff has been working for free. It's an untenable situation.

[chwaliszewski]

27. Where his support will go.

My wife said he would've been her 2nd choice, behind Bernie. I'm guessing most of his support will go to Bernie. Anyone who was going with Hillary would've done it already and not supported M O'M.

[jeff47]

29. :(

He got nowhere near the attention he deserves.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

32. I am very sorry to hear this. :(

I always like as many voices to heard for a long as possible in the Democratic primaries. I think it makes for better debate and stronger ideas.

And another reason I am for publicly funded campaigns -- how the heck was he supposed to compete financially?

[Liberty Belle]

33. Who will O'Malley endorse?

Could make a difference in such a close race. Could also make a difference if either Clinton or Sanders announced O'Malley as a VP running mate, though sounds like Sanders is likely to pick Elizabeth Warren.

[Renew Deal]

35. I doubt he endorses

If he does, he has close ties to the Clintons.

[Recursion]

34. Damn it (nt)

[davidpdx]

41. I'm sorry to hear that

Gov. O'Malley is a good person and deserved more air time to get out his ideas. Those who supported him should be proud that he ran a clean honest campaign.

[Jimbo S]

44. I was thinking of voting for him

I don't vote until April. Can't say I have a #2 pick. I have two months to dwell on it.