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elleng

(135,803 posts)
Mon Jan 25, 2016, 02:18 PM Jan 2016

O'Malley has 'zero interest' in Clinton Cabinet gig.

"No interest in being a Cabinet member," he said after a campaign stop in Burlington at the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 13. "There's a much easier path to that than the path I've chosen ... I intend to win."

O'Malley widely trails both Clinton and Bernie Sanders in Iowa and national polling, garnering support from just 4% of likely caucusgoers, according to The Des Moines Register/Bloomberg News Iowa Poll released Jan. 14. But O'Malley said voters will gravitate to him because he's not a longtime Washington insider and can unite both Democrats and Republicans.

​"My family and I put everything on the line here in order to give you a choice, because I refused to believe that this process was ordained from the outset," O'Malley told an evening crowd in Ottumwa as he neared the end of the stop. "If you lift up a new leader on caucus night, if you help me beat expectations, if you help me reach threshold or beyond, we can change our nation's politics."

At a stop in Fairfield, Jan Carey, 66, said O'Malley's stance on a Cabinet position impressed her and moved her closer to supporting him. Carey, a librarian, said the position showed O'Malley has integrity and is serious about selling voters on his platform.

"I want a president I can trust," she said, "who says what he says and means what he says. And that's how Mr. O'Malley comes across."

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2016/01/25/omalley-has-zero-interest-clinton-cabinet-gig/79290872/

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O'Malley has 'zero interest' in Clinton Cabinet gig. (Original Post) elleng Jan 2016 OP
I also can say this about two of the three candidates: guillaumeb Jan 2016 #1
I hope he does well on caucus night Samantha Jan 2016 #2
I sort of hope that won't be true. I hope his Hortensis Jan 2016 #3
We need his voice and JustAnotherGen Jan 2016 #4
As you say, who knows? He does but isn't saying. Hortensis Jan 2016 #5

guillaumeb

(42,649 posts)
1. I also can say this about two of the three candidates:
Mon Jan 25, 2016, 02:23 PM
Jan 2016

"I want a president I can trust," she said, "who says what he says and means what he says.

I wonder how O'Malley would feel about a Sanders cabinet position? Or VP. The media has no interest in O'Malley, but the narrative of a fight leading to a consensus candidate is an interesting one.

Samantha

(9,314 posts)
2. I hope he does well on caucus night
Mon Jan 25, 2016, 02:24 PM
Jan 2016

He is a very reputable person with a lot of governance experience. He made me proud to live in Maryland for 8 years. Made a lot of very substantial progress on progressive issues. Abolishing the death penalty in our state was an extremely big deal for me since I have always opposed it.

Sam

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
3. I sort of hope that won't be true. I hope his
Mon Jan 25, 2016, 02:27 PM
Jan 2016

name will be kept "out there" as he positions for bigger things. Obama had to pursue and woo his primary opponent into becoming his Secretary of State, but he succeeded, so maybe O'Malley... He is currently between jobs after all, and he did once endorse Hillary.

What post would be best for him, I wonder? Just remembered something -- he might be too good. Both Bushes sent, and tried to send, Jon Huntsman to the other side of the world for extended periods.

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