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elleng

(135,864 posts)
Thu Jul 2, 2015, 05:35 PM Jul 2015

Clinton and Sanders Have a Shared Weakness, and Martin O’Malley Is Exploiting It.

Presidential candidate Martin O’Malley is polling a distant third among declared Democrats, ten points behind Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders and more than 60 points behind Hillary Clinton. Closing that gap in any significant way will require taking stronger positions than his rivals on the issues most important to the party's base. He's done just that with his aggressive new plan on climate change, which the former Maryland governor will pitch to Iowans over the next three days. . .

But environmental campaigners are starting to notice O’Malley now.

“We look to presidential policy platforms for vision, and we're rapidly approaching, if not already at, a point where it's no longer enough for a Democratic candidate to diagnose the problem,” Climate Hawks Vote founder R.L. Miller said. “[W]e need policy prescriptions. Sanders' platform is basically what he's been pushing, without success, in the Senate—a carbon tax and a million solar rooftops.”

In other words: Namechecking Keystone and making fun of climate-change deniers doesn't cut it anymore.

http://www.newrepublic.com/article/122227/omalley-exploits-clinton-and-sanders-shared-weakness

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Clinton and Sanders Have a Shared Weakness, and Martin O’Malley Is Exploiting It. (Original Post) elleng Jul 2015 OP
I take it back, I just said elsewhere we lucked out we have two great candidates randys1 Jul 2015 #1
Yes it IS! elleng Jul 2015 #2
Hey randys1. Nice seeing you here! lovemydog Jul 2015 #4
Yes, 3 great candidates Andy823 Jul 2015 #5
I really like O'Malley's long term energy plan. lovemydog Jul 2015 #3

randys1

(16,286 posts)
1. I take it back, I just said elsewhere we lucked out we have two great candidates
Thu Jul 2, 2015, 05:37 PM
Jul 2015

make that 3

His climate change platform is awesome

lovemydog

(11,833 posts)
4. Hey randys1. Nice seeing you here!
Sat Jul 4, 2015, 01:35 PM
Jul 2015

The more I look at O'Malley's record of results, and what he's proposing in a real substantive way, the more I like him. I think he's an outstanding too. Keep reading more here in this group & elsewhere. You'll like what you see.

Andy823

(11,525 posts)
5. Yes, 3 great candidates
Sun Jul 5, 2015, 09:50 AM
Jul 2015

And anyone of them that wins the nomination will have my vote, though I do prefer O'Malley.

lovemydog

(11,833 posts)
3. I really like O'Malley's long term energy plan.
Sat Jul 4, 2015, 01:33 PM
Jul 2015

That's what we need - a long term plan for clean energy. One that provides good paying jobs and one that establishes us a a leader in environmental policy.

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