A Name for VP that hasn't been mentioned - MD Governor Martin O'Malley

[Dbdmjs1022]

Maybe I'm biased, being from MD, but I think our governor Martin O'Malley at least deserves serious consideration for Obama's Veep. Even though MD isn't a battleground state, I think O'Malley's resume definitely makes him worth consideration.


Born January 18, 1963 (Age 45) in Washington, DC
Roman Catholic
Wife (Catherine), no children

Served as mayor of Baltimore from 1999-2007, winning with 90% and 88% of the vote in each of the 2 elections
As mayor:
At the end of his terms, the city had a $38 million budget surplus, the largest in Baltimore history
Instituted a 5 year, $75 million tax cut that reduced property taxes to a 30 year low
Reduced violent crime in Baltimore by 40%
Esquire Magazine's "Best Young Mayor in the Country" in 2002
One of Time's "Top 5 Big City Mayors" in 2005
Business Week Magazine named him one of the five "New Faces" of the party, and the party's "go-to guy on protecting the homeland"

Won the governorship of MD in 2006, becoming the only candidate to defeat a sitting governor in that year
Reducing spending by $1.9 billion and eliminating 736 state positions to close an inherited $1.7 billion structural deficit
Working to repeal the $200 million computer services sales tax
Passing the nation's first statewide living wage law
Closing the Maryland House of Correction in Jessup, Maryland, an old and notoriously violent maximum-security prison facility.<24>.
Expanding health care access to 100,000 low and moderate-income Marylanders
Closing the Medicaid loop-hole that left certain seniors without prescription drug coverage
Passing a foreclosure reform package and ending the creation of new grount rents
Funding fully Program Open Space, recreating the Office of Smart Growth, and creating the Chesapeake Bay 2010 Trust Fund
Eliminating a backlog of DNA samples that were left unanalyzed and expanding the database
Freezing college tuition for the third year in a row and providing $5.3 billion for kindergarten through 12 education, including $741 million for school construction
Elected Finance Chairman for the Democratic Governor's Association for 2008-2009

Was a strong supporter of Hillary Rodham Clinton in the 2008 Democratic primary
Friends of the candidate have speculated that he may run for President in either 2012 or 2016, depending on the outcome of this year's election

What do you guys think?

[Olney Blue]

1. We need him to fix our state after Ehrlich. Not yet!

[grantcart]

2. I think it will be a catholic

It will engergize those "hard working" folks that we need in Ohio/In/PA and also with Hispanics.

Kaine is very similar but he also is fluent in Spanish, comes from MO and lives in VA a key state.

Kaine also was first on board outside of IL. I think that carries a lot of weight with Obama.

[sellitman]

3. He doesn't win us a State.

Maryland is usually Blue.

[Peregrine Took]

4. I hate to appear shallow, but what's with the ears?

My Irish mom would have taped them back (she was an nanny assistant for wealthy English families and they did such things automatically back then._

[yellowcanine]

5. He's related to Spock on StarTrek? Actually I think he is pretty good looking as politicians go.

And hey, Obama has some wind flappers himself.

I think Obama needs someone who would have more appeal in a swing state.

[Sidney J Mussburger]

6. Tommy Carcetti?

No thanks

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

7. No way! He has been an unpopular and ineffective as a governor! He brings nothing to the ticket

[momster]

8. Obama/O'Malley???

Might convince a few confused 'low-info' voters that Obama is really Irish.