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Martin O'Malley
Related: About this forumExcellent interview with the Irish Times:
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/irish-american-aims-to-halt-clinton-s-unstoppable-progress-1.2224327(sorry if this was already posted, I was away this weekend)
In an interview with The Irish Times, the Irish-American former Baltimore mayor and former Maryland governor, who is due to announce his candidacy on Saturday, said he had a tremendous amount of respect and admiration for the frontrunner.
But an election, especially an election as important as the election of the next president of the United States, is not about whats good for the Clintons or for that matter whats good for the OMalleys. Its about whats good for our country, he said.
Mr OMalley (52) is regarded as having positioned himself to the left of Ms Clinton (67) in order to appeal to the Democrats progressive base. I dont see myself as to the left or right of the other candidates in the party. I see myself as forward of them. Im younger than they are. I therefore arrive at some conclusions on important issues in advance of the other candidates.
Asked about the widely held belief, backed up by polling, that Ms Clintons candidacy is unstoppable within the Democratic Party, he said: Every year theres an unstoppable candidacy. Inevitable frontrunners are inevitable right up until theyre no longer inevitable.
He said the Republican Party tended to retread old names while the Democrats tended to look to the future more. In our party, there usually emerges a choice between the candidate that everybody knows and the new candidate of a new generation that none of us has ever really heard of much, he said.
But an election, especially an election as important as the election of the next president of the United States, is not about whats good for the Clintons or for that matter whats good for the OMalleys. Its about whats good for our country, he said.
Mr OMalley (52) is regarded as having positioned himself to the left of Ms Clinton (67) in order to appeal to the Democrats progressive base. I dont see myself as to the left or right of the other candidates in the party. I see myself as forward of them. Im younger than they are. I therefore arrive at some conclusions on important issues in advance of the other candidates.
Asked about the widely held belief, backed up by polling, that Ms Clintons candidacy is unstoppable within the Democratic Party, he said: Every year theres an unstoppable candidacy. Inevitable frontrunners are inevitable right up until theyre no longer inevitable.
He said the Republican Party tended to retread old names while the Democrats tended to look to the future more. In our party, there usually emerges a choice between the candidate that everybody knows and the new candidate of a new generation that none of us has ever really heard of much, he said.
The whole thing is a really good read.
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Excellent interview with the Irish Times: (Original Post)
Raine1967
May 2015
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elleng
(131,390 posts)1. Thanks, Raine. It's good.
Have seen bits and pieces, so some at least has been posted.
FSogol
(45,586 posts)2. K & R. n/t
Koinos
(2,792 posts)3. "I’m younger than they are."
Age (old ways of thinking versus new ways of thinking) is going to be a big issue in this primary. O'Malley is looking beyond left and right to problem-solving (pragmatism). I am tempted to go on, but I better not. Well, maybe a little... American Pragmatism (as exemplified in the philosophies of William James, Charles Peirce, and John Dewey) is, to my mind, the best expression of the spirit and method of democracy. It is about community, cooperation, working together for common goals. It is not about money or capitalism. It is about people trying to find common ground together in order to solve real problems.