not appointed. We don't have a hereditary peerage in this country.

Hillary was elected by people who like her and wanted to vote for her.

That seems to bother some people.

It is a rather tired refrain of her detractors.

He is so far behind that he will have to do something. I will say that O'Malley would be my second choice for the nomination and his supporters on DU are wonderful people. Notice that in their group you do not find anti-Hillary BS.

actually a true blue Democrat!

So, a notch above Sanders and Chafee?

would be very hard to get excited about him

Its something about O'Malley I truly like, so therefore, yeah 2nd choice.

the video HillaryMOJO posted so graciously and did not bring out any negatives on him.

It turns me off his candidacy. The video sounded direct and strong and that appeals to some. That's all some candidates have, faux strength, a 'masculine' aspect.

I'm disappointed he has gone negative on Obama and HRC many times. Why not promote is ideals in a singular fashion, if he's right? Is he running against Democrats, not the GOP?

His manager also called Bernie 'crazy.' Now the whole of the DNC is being asked to apologize for the words of one man who doesn't speak for all. That is not fair but it appeals to those who are anti-Hillary, as if they are for the anti-establishment candidate.

Hillary is an anti-establishment candidate, but some prefer CT to what the woman has done with her life, instead.

For that matter, Bernie is pretty much part of the establishment, having voted for the F-35 for jobs for his state (why no outcry about the MICC?), and voted for the first AUMF for Bush to go into Afghanistan (flogging the 'HRC voted for the Iraq War, that's the ultimate offense to ME!' doesn't hold water) and he voted for paying for every Iraq War funding bill:



I have nothing against that, the world isn't perfect and most of us know that. Bernie doesn't go negative, especially vs Hillary.

Mineral Man posted:

Optimism encourages activism.
Pessimism enables inaction.
Activism breeds change.
Inaction begets nothing.

Ignorance gone to seed is going to destroy this nation. And there are those who are promoting it and have a lot of money invested in destroying us. It is pure profit from their POV, as chaos gives them the opportunity to loot.

He won't go far with that argument.

O'Malley's campaign manager is Bill Hyers who ran Bill de Blasio's campaigns.

been attacking HRC. Most interviewers press him to attack and he goes out of his way to avoid attacks. There are distinctions between the candidates and no one can get elected without bringing up those distinctions.

Here's a typical exchange where the interviewer prompts him to attack HRC, but doesn't take the bait:

She just happens to be very capable to step into the office of president. I prefer Hillary's qualifications to be the top.

For someone to come into a primary contest that's taken on pretty definitive shape this early, you tend to think his real objective must be the VP slot, and a step up in due time. I don't see Hillary or Bernie warming up to this guy, though. In any case, it seems that Julian Castro is Hillary's running mate in all but official title. That's a ticket Texas dems will crawl over broken glass to vote for, and if they bag Texas, then not only is it all over for the R's this cycle, it will totally destroy the Southern Strategy for the future.

So the only thing that seems to be within O'Malleys reach in the next year is some name recognition and possibly a Cabinet post. 'Course, if she really wants to put him in long-term parking, Hillary can name him Ambassador to Latvia.