Martin O'Malley takes the gloves off against his primary opponent.....

[brooklynite]

"I like Hillary Clinton and I respect Secretary Clinton," said O'Malley. "I didn't come here to talk about Secretary Clinton. I can tell you that in any of my dealings with her, or with the president, they have always been decent and straight up and honest with me. I also know for a fact that that foundation's done a lot of good work to help a lot of people that are in need around the world–and I'll leave it to them to answer more specific things."

http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-03-07/in-new-hampshire-visit-hillary-rival-doesn-t-want-to-talk-about-scandals

I said before O'Malley plans to run a "friendly" campaign against Clinton. I stand by my story.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. I think his position is extremely intelligent.

He sounds really good to me.

Thank you for the link.

[TwilightGardener]

2. He's not dumb. He'll let things play out for a while. No point in going negative

when no one's even declared yet.

[elleng]

3. Thanks. Good to see this, from Mr. O'Malley re: Glass-Steagall! ATTENTION, DUers!

'In remarks to Democrats, and to reporters, the most specific criticism O'Malley made of Bill Clinton's eight-year presidency was on bank policy. While Bill Clinton had signed legislation that effectively repealed Glass-Steagall, and allowed large financial institutions to engage in both commercial and investment banking, O'Malley wanted to restore it. That was a position he shared with Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, who has consistently rebuffed supporters who want her to run for president.'



Also: 'Pressed again, O'Malley broadened the discussion to how his Maryland administration had opened its books. "I think openness and transparency are required of governing in the modern age," he said. "One of the things we did very well in the city of Baltimore and the city of Maryland was to measure the performance of our government–that is to say, benchmarks for achieving reductions in greenhouse gases, for job creation, for increasing the achievement of our kids in schools. Openness and transparency is the wave of the future."

After O'Malley discussed his own timing for a possible 2016 bid–"I'll make a decision by spring"'

[sabbat hunter]

4. spring is

only 13 or so days away!

[elleng]

5. Exactly!

It would be nice (for us) if he meant by the beginning of Spring, but it could be 'sometime in Spring. I would like him to take his time establishing himself.

[Aerows]

6. I like him a hell of a lot more than Clinton

I hope he runs. I'll be campaigning for him.