Martin O'Malley on Pope and Democrats

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Democratic presidential hopeful Martin O'Malley hasn't managed to score significant inroads against front-runner Hillary Clinton, but he argues that rising polls for Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders prove that the 2016 contest is wide open — even for himself.

In an interview with Capital Download on Wednesday, O'Malley described the first Democratic debate Oct. 13 in Las Vegas as his opening to show that.

"Because the American people have not been allowed yet to hear from the Democratic presidential candidates, they are gravitating to whoever appears to be the best alternative to this year's inevitable front-runner," he told USA TODAY's weekly video newsmaker series at his bare-bones campaign headquarters, across the street from Baltimore's Penn Station. "For this summer of anger and discontent, nothing quite says repudiate the Democratic establishment quite like supporting a Socialist candidate."

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