2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: In 2012 Third Way was promoting Martin O'Malley as a "hot prospect" [View all]bigtree
(85,996 posts)...it's an independent one which he had zero control over, like Bernie's:
PACs promote Sanders, whether he likes it or not
By USA TODAY
WASHINGTON Sen. Bernie Sanders has long denounced super PACs and the unlimited sums they spend in support of candidates.
But that hasn't stopped independent political action committees from forming in support of his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination.
One such committee, "Bet on Bernie 2016," even arranged for Sanders' photo to flash without his knowledge, according to the Vermont senator on an electronic billboard last month in New York City's Times Square.
"I have not sanctioned any super PAC," Sanders, an independent, said in an interview. "A major problem of our campaign finance system is that anybody can start a super PAC on behalf of anybody and can say anything. And this is what makes our current campaign finance situation totally absurd."
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2015/05/30/pacs-promote-sanders/28159039/
There is absolutely zero linkage between O'Malley and this cool story about Warren, either.
Martin O'Malley expresses 'extreme displeasure' in PAC publishing anything negative against anyone
___Reporters ask leading questions, snotty questions, inappropriate questions and questions that are important to furthering the publics knowledge. The latter is the business of a free press, but, alas, they often forget. Rather than the press, it was inquisitive people, some of them supporters, some merely the curious, in this particular audience who asked sensible questions. Some of OMalleys answers to some of the good questions Sunday were:
The genius of our land is immigration. This in answer to what he thinks of immigration problems.
No other people leave their kids with a mountain of debt. This in regard to student college loans that bankrupt our kids before they even get a job.
A good trade treaty raises standards for workers and the environment. This in regard to a question about his position on the Trans Pacific Partnership in Congress right now. OMalley does not support this trade agreement because he thinks its too secret, it takes even more jobs away from the U.S. than weve given up to date and it doesnt consider the environment.
We live in a perverse system where there are no limits on super PACs, he said. Citizens United should be called Citizens Dont Matter.' This OMalley answer was in response to a negative ad under his name published by a super PAC. He told them of his extreme displeasure in their publishing anything negative against anyone, including Democratic Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders (Bernie Sanders is no progressive when it comes to guns) or, if it came up, to Hillary Clinton, the top runner in the Democratic field.
read more: http://greenecountynewsonline.com/2015/07/01/will-omalley-be-an-extension-of-obama/