Martin O'Malley in Newton, Iowa: '60 handshakes and 60 conversations—I enjoy hearing from everyone'

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Grant Rodgers ?@GrantMRodgers
Around 60 people are @ Uncle Nancy's Coffee House in Newton waiting for @MartinOMalley to arrive. #iacaucus



Martin O'Malley ?@MartinOMalley 21m21 minutes ago
That means 60 handshakes and 60 conversations—I enjoy hearing from everyone in the room!






Joseph O'Hern ?@JosephOHern 2h2 hours ago
@MartinOMalley meeting jasper county democrats who are excited for #newleadership! #iacaucus





Joseph O'Hern ?@JosephOHern
@MartinOMalley keeps shaking hands and meeting jasper county Dems! #iacaucus





Gregory Hauenstein ?@greghauenstein Newton, IA
Dan Kelley @ElectKelley introducing @GovernorOMalley #iacaucus





O'Malley for Iowa ?@omalleyforia
Grassroots campaigning the Iowa way. @MartinOMalley talking climate with full coffeehouse in Newton. #iacaucus





Kristin Sosanie ?@ksosanie
In Newton, IA @MartinOMalley talking about rebuilding the American Dream w/ quality clean energy jobs #iacaucus





Joseph O'Hern ?@JosephOHern
@MartinOMalley "we passed marriage equality and we passed the dream act!" #thanksomalley #iacaucus





Joseph O'Hern ?@JosephOHern
"We need to get 11 million of neighbors out of the shadows and pass immigration reform!" @MartinOMalley #iacaucus





Joseph O'Hern ?@JosephOHern
"We are all in this together!"@MartinOMalley #iacaucus





Joseph O'Hern ?@JosephOHern
@MartinOMalley won't stop taking questions here in Newton! #newleadership #iacaucus





Joseph O'Hern ?@JosephOHern
Oh what's that you want to do Q&A because it's the #iacaucus? Well do I have the candidate for you! @MartinOMalley

[Raine1967]

1. I always love these pics bigtree…

One of my favorite things is seeing what kind of chair Martin is standing on on any given day! He really likes to be able to look out and see the crown.

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2. I know some here think it's a bit cheesy

...but I think it helps to have visuals to go with the reporting on these candidates and pols to get a closer feel for how they appear at these events.

They need to anticipate his perch, I think, and make sure they've got a sturdy platform for my candidate to stand on.

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3. I don't think it is chessy. It's grassroot politics at its best.

Thanks for posting these and keep up the good work.

[Raine1967]

8. Indeed! Keep them coming, PLEASE!

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[elleng]

5. Thanks for the views, bigtree!

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6. my pleasure, elleng

...anytime they're available.

[66 dmhlt]

7. Nice. I regularly stop in Newton at Maytag Farm N of I-80 for their world-famous Maytag Blue Cheese

It's DELICIOUS! Charlie Trotter only used Maytag Blue Cheese. (But he's passed, and his eponymous restaurant in Chicago has closed.)