Governor O'Malley, speaking at Salt Lake City fundraiser:

[elleng]

O'Malley also spoke about what went wrong for Democrats last year, and how to fix it.

"Our message of increased job creation … got lost in a torrent of appalling things that kept spewing out of the mouth of Donald Trump. We kept responding to what he was saying, and we fell into the trap of believing that our candidate could win the election simply by discrediting or disqualifying the other candidate," he said.

"We don't win elections like that as Democrats. We have to tell the positive story," he said. "We didn't do that. We had a very good economic recovery story to tell… But it got lost in this shower of tabloid excesses."

He urged Utah Democrats at the Saturday rally to keep spreading the Democratic message to family and neighbors who may like Trump now "because, believe you me, the time will come very soon when they are gong to be deeply disappointed."

O'Malley urged Democrats who do not like the state of things now to run for office and help the party because you "can't leave this to the unscrupulous, the narcissist, and — think of another word — the sexual predator" of Trump as president.

Is O'Malley running for president in 2020? "I just might be," he told the Tribune. "It's too early to make a decision like that. But leadership is important… I think you will see a lot more room for the voice of new candidates in the coming year than we had in the last year."

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[panader0]

1. "lost in a shower of tabloid excesses."

[Horse with no Name]

2. I hope he isn't running in 2020

we can do better.

[elleng]

3. Thanks so much for your lack of confidence.

We've done 'better,' right?

[lunamagica]

7. I hope he does.

[KittyWampus]

8. I hope he does. It's a shame so many Sanders supporters jumped on that bandwagon immediately

without ever really considering O'Malley.

He is a liberal who actually had policies that added up while Sanders' plans were all rhetoric with no basis in the realm of real, workable policies.

[DavidDvorkin]

9. I very much hope that he is.

[NCTraveler]

4. He needs to be taking public speaking classes behind closed doors.

He can be a force in the party.

[Mike__M]

5. "I think you will see a lot more room

for the voice of new candidates in the coming year than we had in the last year."

Hope so.

[lunamagica]

6. I hope he runs and becomes POTUS in 2020

I would get totally behind him ( same for Michelle Obama).

But he needs to start campaigning NOW. He needs to get his face out there, build a following and not enter the race as an unknown

[elleng]

10. He seems to be doing that, campaigning, that is,

in his SUBSTANTIVE way. Too damn bad 'substance' was ignored, in election just past.

Check out posts @ O'Malley Group. Here are a few recent posts:

The Opportunity of Climate Change
http://www.democraticunderground.com/12816118

Here's how Orlando plans to deal with the global threat of climate change.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/12816116

OMalley: Im Going to Use My Voice to Bring Forward New Leaders.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/12816111