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elleng

(130,740 posts)
Sun Jan 17, 2016, 12:33 AM Jan 2016

"Former Maryland governor Martin O’Malley and his backers say that, as a younger contender

and a fresh face on the national scene, he is the best November prospect for Democrats. In addition to arguing his own brief, O’Malley has long suggested that Clinton’s calculations make her less viable—saying that 'History celebrates profiles in courage, not profiles in convenience.'"

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"Former Maryland governor Martin O’Malley and his backers say that, as a younger contender (Original Post) elleng Jan 2016 OP
This guy deserves more media time. CrispyQ Jan 2016 #1
It/they are doing the work of tptb, elleng Jan 2016 #2
Exactly. They are binary thinkers in the worst way. MH1 Jan 2016 #3

elleng

(130,740 posts)
2. It/they are doing the work of tptb,
Sun Jan 17, 2016, 12:56 PM
Jan 2016

and it's SO clear now, in this election season. 'THEY' don't want viable challenges to the annointed one, so we have few debates, and handicapped 'debates' when they do occur.

MH1

(17,573 posts)
3. Exactly. They are binary thinkers in the worst way.
Sun Jan 17, 2016, 02:23 PM
Jan 2016

The time for binary thinking is in the GE, not the primary. (and the reason for binary thinking in the general is due to our effed up election rules that turn third party candidates into spoilers. But it is what it is.)

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