THIS is the type of campaign I want to see from our Democrats!

[bigtree]

Campaign briefing from the candidate Wednesday after a great few days forging new leadership on immigration reform.


Martin O'Malley isn't just talking about the problems and challenges facing America - he's offering substantive and detailed plans for resolving them. That's a reflection of how he conducted himself in public office in Maryland, beginning with his service as an assistant State's Attorney for the City of Baltimore in 1988 to 1990; serving on the a Baltimore City Councilor from 1991 to 1999 with the responsibility as Chairman of the Legislative Investigations Committee and Chairman of the Taxation and Finance Committee; two terms as Mayor of Baltimore: and two terms as Governor of his state of Maryland.

On almost every progressive issue that has gained prominence in this campaign, Martin O'Malley has led with concrete action in his state which is matched by solid plans and proposals in this campaign.


___The third person to receive the America’s Greatest Education Governor Award from the National Education Association in 2010, Martin O'Malley significantly increased school funding of K-12 public schools in Maryland and expanded school programs, overseeing a rise in Hispanic and African American student test scores with his insistence that underprivileged and minority students be taught by teachers as highly qualified as those who teach economically advantaged students in his state.

O'Malley not only implemented a four-year freeze on tuition for Maryland institutions of higher learning, making higher education more affordable for Marylanders, from 2008-10, he increased college appropriations to offset the freezes, and authorized more than $220 million in state capital funds to community colleges. He also budgeted more than $333 million for grants and scholarships, and in 2011, signed legislation extending in-state tuition to undocumented students. O'Malley also oversaw the reinvigoration of Maryland’s Career and Technology Education and Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) programs statewide, and the launching of the comprehensive Maryland STEM Innovation Network to promote the delivery of high quality STEM education at all levels throughout the state.

Those accomplishments in education in Maryland are reflected in the detailed education plan he offered in this campaign to make higher education affordable, accessible & accountable. His proposals that, as a national goal, all students have access to a high-quality, debt-free college education within 5 years, attainable at any in-state public college or university; increasing college completion rates by 25 percentage points within 10 years, and eliminating discrepancies in graduation rates based on race and income; are matched by a detailed plan to:

•Refinance Student Loans:
•Tie Minimum Payments to Incomes:
•Freeze Public Tuition Rates:
•Restore State Higher Education Funding:
•Increase Pell Grants:
•Expand and Modernize Work-Study:
•Match federal grant programs and obtain additional aid dollars to encourage colleges to increase on-time graduation rates, improve education quality, and direct aid toward students who need it most:
•Develop new incentives to encourage colleges and universities to help ensure students graduate on time:
•Make Childcare Affordable on Campus:
•Reduce Time to Graduation: Expand Access to Early College Credit: and
•Require colleges to meet accountability targets in recruitment, completion, and risk-sharing.

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Martin O'Malley signed a 2009 Greenhouse Gas Reduction Act in Maryland; far ahead of most other states, & the EPA, which set a statewide goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions 25 percent below 2006 levels by 2020. By 2012, Maryland had driven down greenhouse gas emissions by nearly 10 percent compared to 2006, and by 20 percent compared to "business as usual" projections

In 2011, Maryland League of Conservation Voters gave Gov. O'Malley a B+ overall in their Governor's Report Card (and an A for climate change). In addition to the 2008 Climate Action Plan and the new GGRA Plan, Gov. O’Malley’s key accomplishments include:

•(2008) Amendment to the Maryland Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard doubled the existing standard to require that 20% of Maryland's energy be created by renewable resources by 2022, including 2% from solar energy;
•(2008) EmPOWER Maryland Act set an energy efficiency target and peak demand reduction target of 15% by 2015;
•(2008) Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Program was created using revenues from the Northeast RGGI to offset ratepayers’ electricity bills and invest in energy efficiency programs;
•(2009) Maryland Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Act requires Maryland to cut greenhouse gas emissions 25% below 2006 levels by 2020; and
•(2013) Maryland Offshore Wind Energy Act of 2013 created a fund to build 200 megawatts of wind energy, which Gov. O’Malley intends to use to construct one of the nation’s first offshore wind energy farms off the coast of Ocean City.

Martin O'Malley has made a bold environmental stand in this campaign, marking the first time a Pres-level candidate has committed to zeroing-out carbon fuels. As president, O'Malley is promising in this campaign to:

•Direct the Environmental Protection Agency to take aggressive action to limit greenhouse gases, expanding rules to other large sources of emissions beyond power plants.
•Direct the Environmental Protection Agency to adopt a zero-tolerance policy for methane leaks from current oil and gas production.
•Reject projects like Keystone XL that exacerbate climate change and extend our reliance on fossil fuels.
•Deny new permits for drilling in Alaska, Antarctica, and off our coasts.
•Increase royalties and emissions fees for fossil fuel companies currently drilling on federal lands.
•Set a national, cross-sector Renewable Electricity Standard so our nation is powered by 100% clean energy by 2050.
•Fight for federal legislation for a cap on carbon emissions from all sources, with proceeds from permits returned to lower-and middle-class families and invested in job transition assistance and the Clean Energy Corps.
•Set a national goal of doubling our energy productivity within 15 years.
•End all subsidies for fossil fuels, while extending production and investment tax credits for renewable energy for the long term.

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In 2012, Martin O'Malley signed a bill legalizing same sex marriage in Maryland, joining seven other states in enacting marriage equality. The law survived a statewide referendum held later that year, which marked the first time marriage rights in the U.S. were extended to same-sex couples by a popular vote.

Gov. O'Malley signed into law the Fairness for All Marylanders Act, extending housing, public accommodations, and employment protections to transgender citizens and visitors of the state.

"We are closer today to creating an open, respectful, inclusive world that we want for all of our children," O'Malley said prior to signing that bill. "This bill gives us another step closer to that vision and to that reality."
read: http://www.advocate.com/politics/transgender/2014/05/15/md-gov-signs-trans-nondiscrimination-bill-law

As Mayor of Baltimore, O'Malley helped the City become the first jurisdiction in Maryland to prohibit discrimination against transgender individuals in 2002. In one of his first acts as Governor, he signed an Executive Order prohibiting discrimination against transgender state employees in 2007.

At a National Conference on LGBT Equality in 2012, Martin remarked:

“The dignity of a free and diverse people who at the end of the day, all want the same thing for their children: to live in a loving and caring home that is protected equally under the law.”

The governor added that “discrimination based on gender identity is wrong...Passing a law to protect transgender Marylanders from employment, credit and housing discrimination is the right thing to do.”

On the final day of the 24th National Conference on LGBT Equality: Creating Change in Baltimore, Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley expressed hopes that Maryland would soon become the seventh state with marriage equality. The governor also talked about his support for efforts to secure gender identity nondiscrimination protections in the state.

____In this campaign, Martin O’Malley called for the addition of LGBT employment and housing protections in federal law following the U.S. Supreme Court decision in favor of marriage equality.

“Last week the Supreme Court affirmed that marriage is a human right, and now gay and lesbian couples will be able to marry in every state in our country,” O’Malley said. “While this is a major step forward, our fight for equality continues. In a majority of states, gay and lesbian employees can still be denied job opportunities or fired solely based on their sexual orientation or gender identity. Twenty-eight states also lack laws banning discrimination in housing.”

To enshrine into federal law employment protections for LGBT people, O’Malley said Congress should pass the Employment Non-Discrimination Act. The measure hasn’t yet been introduced in 114th Congress, but in years past it has prohibited employment discrimination in most cases on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.

“Passing the Employment Non-Discrimination Act to expand these protections at the federal level is a necessary next step,” O’Malley said. “We must continue to improve our laws, to more fully protect the rights of every individual — and more fully realize the vision of an open, respectful, and inclusive nation that Friday’s decision aspires us to be.”

read more: http://www.washingtonblade.com/2015/06/29/omalley-seeks-enda-passage-ban-on-housing-discrimination/

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Although there isn't yet a specific proposal from him in this campaign geared toward women, Martin O’Malley has received a “100 percent” rating from NARAL Pro-Choice Maryland

O’Malley’s high marks from NARAL are proven by his track record. In 2002, while he was serving as mayor of Baltimore, aides confirmed that O’Malley supports legal abortion and fair access without interference from the government until the point of viability. He also supports late-term abortion when the life of the mother is at risk, or when the fetus has a severe abnormality. And according to NARAL Pro-Choice Maryland, O’Malley has not infringed on abortion rights by signing any new abortion restrictions during his tenure as governor.

When it comes to birth control, O’Malley increased access to contraception and pregnancy counseling, particularly among low-income women. In 2012, O’Malley signed the Family Planning Works Act, which greatly expanded reproductive-health access by providing low-income women with free pregnancy counseling and Medicaid-funded contraception, STI testing and cancer screenings. According to RH Reality Check, the act would provide these subsidized medical services to an additional 33,000 women in the state.

O’Malley has also promoted increased support for new mothers (and fathers) by signing the Maryland Parental Leave Act in 2014. The law expands parental leave for working parents, requiring Maryland small businesses to provide at least six weeks of unpaid leave for the birth of an employee’s child. Prior to the law, small businesses were exempted from providing unpaid family leave.

read: http://plannedparenthoodaction.org/elections-politics/newsroom/press-releases/planned-parenthood-action-fund-welcomes-martin-omalley-presidential-field/

Maryland, under Martin O'Malley, tied for having the lowest wage gap between our working men and women of any state in the nation...Maryland currently has the third-lowest poverty rate for women in the nation. Maryland is the No. 1 state in the nation for women-owned businesses -- one-third of Maryland businesses are women-owned. Maryland also ranks third in the nation in percentage of managerial jobs held by women at 42.4 percent. Here's the report, well worth the read-thru: https://www.americanprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/StateOfWomenReport.pdf

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Martin O'Malley wrote an op-ed in March highlighting his opposition to Wall Street excesses and the tyranny of big banks held unaccountable for crimes and abuses of our financial system:

____"We were forced to save our economy by bailing out big banks," he wrote. "Now, we have a responsibility to correct the mistakes of our more recent past to prevent another crash...

Structural reforms aren’t enough. We must bring fundamental change to the culture of Wall Street, beginning with real accountability. To this day, the Justice Department and financial regulators have done virtually nothing to bring criminal charges or hold leadership accountable. Legal deterrents are critical for improving the culture of Wall Street and showing that fraudulent behavior will be punished.

We can solve this problem in a few ways. The first is to replace the leadership at banks that are repeat offenders. CEOs should not remain in charge of institutions that they have failed to manage properly.

Second, we must appoint people to positions — attorney general and SEC chair for starters — who will prosecute those who commit or permit crimes. Thus far, settlements have been nothing more than CEOs using shareholder money to buy their way out of jail.

Third, we must end the days of “neither admit nor deny,” and force law-breaking banks to publicly admit it. We have allowed big banks to avoid admitting guilt due to claims that it will cause them too much harm — it’s time to end that game and let banks face the legal consequences and harm to their reputation."

____That same sentiment was echoed in this campaign by O'Malley in a scathing open letter to Wall St., stating,: 'I Will Not Let Up On You'

"I know that many of you have tried to dismiss and undermine my calls for stronger reforms as 'anti-capitalist.' Let me be clear- the ongoing reckless behavior of your megabanks isn’t capitalism—it’s the antithesis of it," O'Malley wrote. "True capitalism requires a level playing field on which everyone plays by the same set of rules. True capitalism requires competition. True capitalism means that just as businesses and banks can succeed—they can also fail."

"Today, your—too-big-to-fail, too-big-to-manage, and too-big-to-jail—megabanks pose an enormous risk to the financial system, the economy, and American families. They are so big and so interconnected with the entire financial system that the failure of one or more of them could cause the collapse of the entire U.S. economy," O'Malley wrote.

In typical O'Malley fashion, those strong words were immediately backed up by a solid, detailed 10-page plan to 'Protect the American Dream From Another Wall St. Crash.' The plan proposes to:

•Ensure Key Political Appointees Are Independent of Wall Street
•Appoint to Key Positions—Attorney General, Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division, SEC Chair—Individuals Committed to Pursuing Criminal Cases.
•Require the SEC Director of the Division of Enforcement to be a Presidential Appointee, Subject to Senate Confirmation
•Institute a Three-Year Revolving Door Ban
•Institute an Additional Three-Year Mandatory Disclosure Rule
•Require the General Counsel at the Fed to be a Presidential Appointee
•Require the President of the New York Fed to be a Presidential Appointee
•Require the Board of Governors to Vote on All Major Decisions, Including Those Regarding Financial Reform
•Immediately Double Funding for CFTC and SEC to Police Bad Behavior on Wall St. (Double CFTC Funding from $322 million to $644 million. Double SEC Funding from $1.7 billion to $3.4 billion.)
•Create a Standalone Economic Crimes Division Within DOJ
•Implement Points Accrual System to Crack Down on Recidivist Banks
•End Days of “Neither Admit Nor Deny.” If an institution commits a major crime or violation of a law, they should be required to admit their guilt, so that they face the full ramifications of parallel civil and criminal proceedings
• Require Transparency Around Use of Deferred Prosecution Agreements (DPA’s) and Non Prosecution Agreements (NPA’S).
•Crack Down on SEC’s Use of Waivers By Requiring Public Votes, Statements on Them
•Separate Risky Investment Banking from Ordinary Commercial Banking
• Immediately Reinstate Glass-Steagall
•End “Too Big to Fail”
•Mandate Higher Capital Requirements for Big Banks
•Implement a Financial Transaction Tax to Limit High-Frequency Trading
•Create a Fiduciary Standard for Loan Brokers

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Kim Propeack, chief of political communication for CASA de Maryland - Maryland's largest immigrants services and rights organization - and director of its political arm says Martin O'Malley has been “a real hero for the immigrant community.”

•As governor, O'Malley signed a bill allowing young immigrants illegally in the U.S. to pay in-state college tuition and to a bill to get driver's licenses.
•He was the first governor to meet with Latino leaders last year and sign up to push House Republicans to bring immigration reform legislation to a vote, which they never did
•He has shown respect that many in the immigrant community say is lacking in debates on immigration by using the term new Americans to refer to immigrants, whether here legally or not. He also established a state council to focus on integrating immigrants.
•He opposed White House proposals to return young Central American children and families who crossed the U.S-Mexico border last summer, saying they would face "certain death."
•On deportations - an issue that still vexes the current administration - O'Malley stopped Baltimore's City Detention Center from holding immigrants without criminal records for deportation by the federal government.

Martin O'Malley is first candidate in this campaign to commit to addressing immigration within first 100 days if elected. That promise was followed by a detailed and comprehensive plan which has been cheered by Latino activists and immigration advocates. From the O'Malley campaign:

"To give Congress a running start on advancing a lasting legislative solution, Governor O’Malley is committed to providing that relief his first year in office. From expanding the use of deferred action and exercising discretion to keep families together; to rewriting punitive regulations and ending harmful law enforcement policies; to greatly limiting detention and restoring due process to our immigration system; an O’Malley Administration will use all legal and executive authorities to safeguard and welcome New Americans and restore greatness and justice to America’s immigration system."

As president, Martin O’Malley proposes to act immediately to:

•Extend Administrative Relief to Millions of New American Families
•Provide Deferred Action to the Greatest Possible Number of New Americans
•Expand Access to Waivers to the Three- or Ten-Year Bar
•Grant Broad Waivers to the Three- or Ten-Year Bar
•Issue guidance expanding parole-in-place to benefit all spouses, children, and parents of U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents
•Expand Access to Naturalization for New Americans
•Undertake significant outreach and educational programs to promote naturalization, including U.S. agency, media, and community outreach: directing U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to identify and encourage lawful permanent residents who are eligible for citizenship to naturalize, while also expanding access to naturalization by lowering fees as appropriate
•Rescind the Regulations Restricting Health Care for DACA and DAPA-Recipients
•Use Detention Only as a Last Resort
•Limit Detention to Only Those Who Pose a Clear Threat to Public Safety
•End the 34,000 Bed Quota
•Close Inhumane Detention Facilities
•Restore Due Process Safeguards and Basic Fairness to Immigration Enforcement
•Expand Due Process Protections in the Detention and Immigration System
•Prevent Racial and Religious Profiling
•Direct immigration enforcement agents to obtain warrants from a judge, like any other law enforcement agency, in order to detain immigrants: also direct immigration enforcement agents to stop the routine issuance of U.S. Immigration and Customs (ICE) notification requests under the new Priority Enforcement Program, which may lead to unlawful detentions and transfers
•End 287(g) Agreements.
•Respect the Autonomy of States and Localities in Immigration Enforcement
•End the Coercion of Local Law Enforcement through Civil Immigration Warrants
•Create an Independent Agency to Set U.S. Immigration Policy
•Address Employment Barriers for Foreign Professionals
•Ensure that any future immigration legislation contains robust waiver provisions that restore the discretion of law enforcement and judges to consider individual factors—such as family and community ties; the nature, seriousness, and other circumstances of past criminal charges; passage of time; medical conditions; and contributions to community and family

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THIS is the type of campaign I want to see from our Democrats running for president; not merely shouting out a recitation of complaints about our political system and the problems Americans face from a podium; not merely patronizing voters with promises to take care of the challenges we face when they get into office; but solid, specific plans to transform those words into action or law if elected.

More importantly, I want there to be some demonstrated experience in making those words a reality for actual people; some demonstrated experience in transforming lives through their actions on the promises they're making in this campaign.

That's the reason Martin O'Malley stands tall, in my estimation, in this campaign, over the other announced candidates. He has a demonstrated experience in not only advocating for the progressive changes we need, but actually doing something about them and succeeding. No angry scolding; no charismatic cajoling can substitute for a substantive record of progressive accomplishments as a guide to what a future president holds in store for America.

There is only one candidate in this campaign with the breadth and depth of experience in getting things done; and only one candidate with detailed, comprehensive plans on the table ready to enact in office. That candidate is Martin O'Malley, for your consideration and support.

[FSogol]

1. K & R. n/t

[peacebird]

2. If not Bernie, I would be happy with O'Malley

Btw - great OP!

[bigtree]

3. thanks, peacebird!

[artislife]

6. me too! nt

[CharlotteVale]

9. Me too.

[jeff47]

4. No, you're supposed to wait 10 days to then present a vague direction with little or no specifics

That proves just how serious you are.

[NCTraveler]

5. Great op. K&R. nt.

[bigtree]

8. thanks, NCTraveler!

[Koinos]

7. This is a blockbuster factual post.

Thank you, bigtree, for laying out O'Malley's exceptional qualifications!

You are as classy and inclusive as the candidate you support.

[bigtree]

10. now THAT'S an endorsement, Koinos

...thank you for your kind words, and thanks a bunch for your support in this campaign!

[MoonRiver]

11. O'Malley is very impressive! Thanks bigtree!

[elleng]

12. YES!

THIS is how it SHOULD be!

[bigtree]

13. new generation!

...new generation leadership!

[sabrina 1]

14. Good OP, I like O'Malley and was glad when he announced he was running.

He is good on the issues, and if Bernie had not entered the race, I would have supported him.

I have a disagreement with him regarding the Bailout of Wall St criminals. We were not forced to do that, as he says, to 'save our economy'. We had no say in it at all. The bailout was to save THEM when in fact many of them should have been prosecuted, the banks broken up, Glass Steagal reinstated and perhaps even more strict regulations implemented.

Other than that I mostly agree with him..

You did however imply that Bernie Sanders is just talking, has not been effective in actually doing anything, so that kind of ruined your OP which otherwise was excellent.

There are many people who would disagree with that opinion. Among the Veterans for whom Bernie has worked long and hard and has their gratitude for his work and the results of that work on their behalf.

Union workers would also disagree, but this is about O'Malley and I do need or want to take anything away from O'Malley who is my second choice at this point. It isn't necessary for me to imply that he hasn't been effective in order to promote the candidate I support.

Both of them have been effective.

[bigtree]

17. Of course, you can read what you want into what I wrote

...but I write what I mean. If I'd meant 'Bernie is just talking' I'd have written that. If I meant Bernie hasn't been 'effective in actually doing anything,' I'd have written that, as well.

I didn't write about 'veterans issues,' so getting defensive about Bernie and veterans is one of those responses which is little more than arguing with your own premise, not my own; not anything I've written, so it's what we call a strawman. I wrote nothing about 'unions' either, so ditto.

Here's what I did write:

"There is only one candidate in this campaign with the breadth and depth of experience in getting things done; and only one candidate with detailed, comprehensive plans on the table ready to enact in office."

You can argue until you're Democratic blue in the face, but there a climate policy: an immigration policy: a same-sex marriage law: education policies including affordable college: progressive economic policies which include expanded opportunities and advancements for women and others left behind by the national economy; increased minimum wage; eradicated death penalty; and more outlined in my op. All of that includes successful policies impacting veterans (Veterans Full Employment Act) and unions in my state.

There is no real comparison to be made with the limited opportunities national legislators have to make actual policy changes on the progressive issues I outlined to the degree that governors do in their states, so, perhaps it's an unfair one. It is, however, a reality of accomplishment O'Malley's made on these progressive issues - the breadth and depth I mentioned - that no other Democrat in this election can match, Bernie's accomplishments (and good intentions), not withstanding. Neither you or any of the candidates can take that away from Martin. All of that experience achieving progressive change, coupled with specific, detailed, comprehensive, expansive plans to put those fine words spoken on the campaign trail into action, gives O'Malley an upper hand in expectations that he'll actually deliver in office.

Of course, like I say, you're free to go with your own version of what it takes. Just make sure when you're describing my own opinion, you're actually repeating something I've said, not what you imagine I have.

[Andy823]

15. It would be nice

if all the candidates would come out with actual plans on how to do things to fix the issues we will be facing in the future. I want to know "how" they will fix things, and I hope that when the first debate comes around they will all have a plan like O'Malley does now.

I think O'Malley's numbers will go up substantially after the first debate. His plans are out there for everyone to see already, and that is going to help him.

[elleng]

16. Yes, Andy,

and watching with you!

[Andy823]

21. I will be watching tomorrow also

I read the post where all three will be on CSPAN tomorrow. The post even gave the times for different time zones, so I went and found it and set a timer to record it it case I wasn't able to watch it at that time.

[elleng]

22. Good. Will do the same.

I HOPE other DUers will watch too, as I've read of too many who 'don't know anything about him; reminds me of cold oatmeal,' etc etc etc.

[bigtree]

18. »

[bigtree]

19. »

[elleng]

20. Using this GREAT thread to EDUCATE!

THANKS, bigtree!

HOPING it will help avoid this trend: 'Some days, I truly believe that liberals are incapable of unfking themselves.'

[bigtree]

23. »

[McCamy Taylor]

24. But...but.. the RNC does not have enough ways to slime O'Malley in the general.

That is the true reason why Sanders is the golden boy and O'Malley is not. If anyone is interested, send me a pm and I will tell you exactly how they hope to characterize Sanders in the general. Think Acid, amnesty and abortion!

[elleng]

25. Tough Toenails, RNC!!!

[Snotcicles]

37. The reason Sanders is the "golden boy" is that he is what every real progressive has hoped for. edit

I don't think many Sanders supporters are to focused on what others will say. Bernie's is proud of what he does.

[Scootaloo]

26. Cool. Any chance we'll see some pro-O'Malley stuff from you now?

Instead of your deep, heartfelt "concerns" about Sanders? I'd love to see you be positive about a candidate, bigtree. It would probably be good for your gall bladder too!

[bigtree]

28. google bigtree - O'Malley

...(for folks here who are only paying attention to the stop picking on Bernie threads)

[Scootaloo]

29. Not my fault you crowd yourself out with anti-Bernie shit, Bigtree

[bigtree]

30. a fraction of my 'anti-Bernie shit'

Google bigtree - Sanders

Bernie Sanders: You can slam Obama, but Bush’s ‘blunder’ created ISIS

This is the value of a Sanders candidacy

Bernie Sanders at National Council of La Raza conference

Bernie Sanders: "It is time to end the politics of division in this country"

Bernie Sanders: I will not be a spoiler who ends up helping to elect a right-wing Republican

Bill McKibben to speak at the Bernie Sanders presidential campaign kickoff

Secret of Bernie Sanders's Success

5 Bernie Sanders Superfans On Why They Love Him

Bernie Sanders Rips “Crazy” Senate For Passing Keystone XL Bill

Bernis Sanders on Hobby Lobby: 'Bosses shouldn't be able to impose religious beliefs on employees'

1962. Bernie Sanders. Speaking at a sit-in. Organizing for civil rights.

White House working closely with Sen. Sanders on VA bill

Sanders Shames CEOs Lecturing 'America' on the Economy

Bernie Sanders: 'My Life is My Life'

Bernie Sanders Asks FCC to Investigate Cable and Broadband Prices

That Time Bernie Fought for Farm Worker Rights in Immokalee


...looking forward to the list of POSITIVE Scootaloo THREADS about O'Malley and Hillary

[bigtree]

32. oops!

...Scootaloo, Scootalooed!

[Scootaloo]

33. Say what?

[bigtree]

35. say

...you appear to know less than jack about my efforts on behalf of Sanders on this board.

Furthermore, you can't begin to match the positive threads I've made here for candidates other than my own. Time to Scoot?

[PatrickforO]

27. You know what blows me away?

When we've got a Sanders and an O'Malley, WHY is Hillary Clinton the front runner?

This truly IS a battle for the soul of the Democratic party. Trouble is, if the Sanders/O'Malley side loses, the status quo is UNSUSTAINABLE. Some guy working in a garage somewhere IS NOT gonna be able to conquer global warming. And what about the wars that are still stealing tax dollars that could better be used to help Americans, and for what?

We need to get rid of the Clintons and the Wasserman Schultzes and the Bennets and get some people in there who REALLY care about the American people instead of just placating us with lip service while at the same time allowing corporatist greed heads to pick our bones dry.

[bigtree]

36. a good representation of the settling influence of the status quo

...and the public's general and historical ambivalence to institutional changes.

Influencing those opinions and attitudes are what these campaigns are all about, so keep plugging away!

[BainsBane]

31. You are a powerful advocate for your candidate

Excellent OP.

[bigtree]

34. from a powerful advocate for Hillary

...thanks, BainsBane!