2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: In 2012 Third Way was promoting Martin O'Malley as a "hot prospect" [View all]Cheese Sandwich
(9,086 posts)I did not present him as in their back pockets.
It says simply that in 2012 Third Way was promoting O'Malley as a hot prospect. And these were the sources:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/maryland-politics/post/omalley-advertised-as-hot-prospect-for-2016/2012/04/17/gIQAZJiSOT_blog.html
http://old.thirdway.org/events/89
http://www.marylandjuice.com/2012/04/juiceblender-reporters-on-gov-martin.html
It seems some of O'Malley defenders are extremely defensive and don't want anything posted about O'Malley except praise.
He did make an appearance with Third Way in 2011, and he was invited back in 2012 for this private session, and he went, and he sat with them and got his picture taken.
Not every Democrat does that, or gets invited to do that. Liz Warren would never be invited to speak there. Bernie Sanders would not be invited there. And if invited they probably wouldn't show up.
This is all legitimate public history and legitimate grounds for consideration.
Yes my personal opinion is yeah, O'Malley can't be trusted. But that's just my personal opinion. It's not only based on this, but also on other factors, like his record of abusive police policies in Baltimore.