Martin O'Malley clearly enjoys meeting people & the press. Joyful and smart on the trail

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Martin O’Malley made a low-key visit to Dover Saturday afternoon during his second stump in the Granite State. The hot afternoon provided the perfect excuse to meet with area Democrats at Orange Leaf on Central Avenue. While eating a blackberry-flavored frozen treat, O’Malley spoke with those interested in learning more about him.

O’Malley cited his successes during his 15 years of executive experience as a former governor and mayor, stating that the “only way to overcome big challenges is to look them in the eye.”

Labeling himself as having “progressive goals” and “progressive values,” O’Malley said America has strayed from its “true self.”





“An economy is not money,” he said. “It’s people. When we make the investments we can only make as a county…that’s what makes our economy grow.”

Earlier in the day, O’Malley was greeted by several hundred supporters at Market Square Day in Portsmouth and then 75 or so more at a house party that followed in New Castle. His last stump of the day was slated for Manchester, where he met and took questions from New Hampshire ServiceNation volunteers, alumni and board members.

read more: http://www.fosters.com/article/20150613/NEWS/150619628


O'Malley for NH ?@omalleyfornh
@GovernorOMalley: "our economy is people" #nhpolitics




O'Malley for NH ?@omalleyfornh
Great questions ranging from student debt to health care costs to creating jobs #newleadership #nhpolitics




SomersworthDemocrats @SomersworthDems
Governor O'Malley in Dover --- shaking every hand




Lis Smith ?@Lis_Smith
"Earlier in the day, @GovernorMalley was greeted by several hundred supporters at Market Square Day in Portsmouth” http://www.fosters.com/article/20150613/NEWS/150619628 …


Matt Sheaff ?@MattSheaff https://twitter.com/MattSheaff/status/609832469530025985


Jay Surdukowski ?@Jay1043
@GovernorOMalley clearly enjoys meeting people & the press. Joyful and smart on the trail.


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O'Malley for NH ?@omalleyfornh
A little Celtic music at Portsmouth market square days #nhpolitics




Laurie McCray ?@McCrayLaurie
Martin O'Malley with Portsmouth Dems at Market Square Day #nhpolitics #fitn




O'Malley for NH ?@omalleyfornh
Taking questions and meeting voters. The New Hampshire way. #nhpolitics




O'Malley for NH ?@omalleyfornh
Great day in Portsmouth #newleadership




O'Malley for NH ?@omalleyfornh
@GovernorOMalley stops by ServiceNation in Manchester to thank members for there service #nhpolitics




O'Malley for NH ?@omalleyfornh
In Manchester talking about the importance of service #nhpolitics




Shaun Adamec ?@shaunadamec
"We've got to go bigger, bolder" on #nationalservice - @GovernorOMalley commits to full funding of @americorps #FITN




A supporter snaps a photo on his iPhone while 2016 presidential candidate Martin O'Malley, of Maryland, greets state Rep. Timothy Horrigan. Crystal A. Weyers photo




ioanna raptis ?@ioannaraptis
from @GovernorOMalley's visit to #PortsmouthNH #MarketSquareDay #nhpolitics @seacoastonline

[zappaman]

1. He seems like a good guy.

We will see if he makes it to California.
If he does, he might get my vote.

[Kalidurga]

2. Thank you Martin for getting the word out.

I am still supporting Bernie, but they both have a lot in common. The more they both talk about the issues they have in common the more awareness they raise and that is a good thing. So thank you very much.

[bigtree]

4. right

...I get all of my information from a fictional television show and it's producer/writer.



from David Freedlander at Daily Beast:

You Have Martin O'Malley All Wrong

From 2000 to 2010, the incidence of crime in Baltimore dropped 43 percent, outpacing by a stretch the 11 percent drop that the nation saw during that period. The crime rate dropped by 40 percent. Graduation rates rose. Median home prices doubled. A new biotech park was built on the city’s east side. A new performing arts center was built on the west side. O’Malley was obsessed with numbers and metrics, and set up a 311 call center to track citizen complaints. A program called Project 5000 enlisted volunteer attorneys to help deal with the city’s massive vacant home problem as titles to those homes was eventually transferred to individuals and nonprofits for redevelopment. The school system was pulled back from the fiscal brink. CitiStat, designed to track crime, helped bring the crime rate down and created a budget surplus of $54 million that was then reinvested in schools and programs for children. At last, the population stabilized. It was no longer necessary to flee, if you could. The number of college-educated 25-to-34-year-olds living within three miles of downtown Baltimore increased 92 percent in the 10 years after O’Malley became mayor, fourth among the nation’s 51st-largest metro areas.

Time magazine named O’Malley one of the five best big-city mayors in America. Esquire named him the best young mayor in America. CitiStat won Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government “Innovations in American Government Award.”

To be sure, change was both too fast and too slow. The blight and poverty remained. And although crime dropped, O’Malley’s zero tolerance policing policy created a backlash in the very communities it was designed to protect. But those policies were not as unpopular as the rioting now in the streets of Baltimore would suggest.

“I don’t recall O’Malley stating that he would do something about ‘black crime,’ just crime,” wrote liberal Baltimore Sun columnist Dan Rodericks toward the end of O’Malley’s time in City Hall. “Coming out of the long, dreary Schmoke years, Baltimoreans appreciated O’Malley’s almost singular focus, along with millions in increased funding dedicated to drug treatment for the city’s thousands of addicts who contribute, directly and indirectly, to 80 percent of crime.”

“He was trying to stop the crime on the streets. People were getting killed daily on Old York Road and in Park Heights,” Robert Nowlin, a Baltimore community activist, told The Daily Beast. “He did something a lot of these mayors don’t do: He walked with the small people. A lot of these mayors stay in the affluent areas. He walked the streets...”

...Tying O’Malley to Baltimore is an old political saw. When he tried to run for governor of Maryland, Republicans ran ads with flashing police lights, talked about how O’Malley would do for Baltimore what he did for Maryland. O’Malley won statewide twice though, boosted by those same Baltimore neighborhoods that he is now blamed for turning into powder kegs...

read more: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/05/06/you-have-martin-o-malley-all-wrong.html

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11. fictional televison writer producer says what?

...hey, YOU're the one claiming the fictional television show is a credible portrayal of the governor.

You offer an article which is full of conjecture, opinion, and bias as 'fact?' Live with that.

Next, Spongebob Squarepants weighs in...

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12. WaPo fact-checker

___O’Malley is referring to 1999-2009 data from the FBI, which tracks crimes reported to law enforcement agencies. Part 1 crimes are serious crimes that are likely to be reported to police, and are divided into violent and property crimes. These crimes include criminal homicide, forcible rape, robbery, aggravated assault, arson and motor vehicle theft.

O’Malley usually clarifies that he is referring to Part 1 (i.e., overall) crimes.

FBI data confirm his calculation. The overall crime rate (the number of crimes per 100,000 people) fell by 48 percent during that decade, more than any other large police agency in the country. Specifically for violent crimes, the Baltimore City Police Department saw the third highest drop (behind Los Angeles and New York City) during the period.

In 1999, Baltimore had the highest violent and property crime rate among the major police agencies in the country. In 2009, the city dropped to the 13th highest.

Some criminologists measure the number of homicides to measure crime levels. In 2009, Baltimore saw the lowest homicide rates since O’Malley took office. (Prior to his tenure, however, there was a high homicide rate following the crack cocaine epidemic.)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/wp/2015/04/28/omalleys-claim-about-crime-rates-in-baltimore/

[lovemydog]

5. I like him a lot.

Looking forward to his speeches. Thanks for the thread.

[cali]

6. great pics, big tree. He's really engaging with people

[KittyWampus]

7. Excellent photo essay. I hope more DU'ers take the time to check it out.

[Vattel]

8. As you know, I am not a fan of his policing methods in Baltimore.

And I didn't like some of his regressive taxes. But I am beginning to like him more than Clinton. And on issues of immigration and deportation, issues very close to my heart, he seems to get it. I wish I knew more about his views on national security. And I wish he would admit the mistakes he made in Baltimore. But I am no longer writing him off.

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13. related post

How to tell you're at a Democratic house party (Martin O'Malley) - Even the front door is blue
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026829684

[madokie]

15. I must be a true democrat then

my front door is a deep blue.
Didn't paint it for that reason though, mostly because its my wifes favorite color

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16. true blue

[madokie]

17. Yes sir

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14. kick

[etherealtruth]

18. K and R

[FSogol]

19. Excellent thread, Bigtree. K&R. n/t