Is NYC Mayor DeBlasio being coy?

[Raine1967]

I have a hard time believing he doesn't know about O'Malley.

Personally, I take the NY Observer with a grain of salt. The editorial team is led by Ken Kurson (works as a political consultant and co author with Rudy Guiliani) and Rex Reed, a film critic…

I have seen a number of conservative outlets pushing the meme that O'MAlley is a toss away candidates, and I find that interesting from a political POV.

But back to the topic: DeBlasio and his saying he just doesn't know who and what O'Malley is about: http://observer.com/2015/05/i-dont-know-him-bill-de-blasio-cool-on-presidential-contender-martin-omalley/

Mr. O’Malley, formerly the governor of Maryland, is expected to announce his presidential bid on Saturday and is viewed as an upstart opponent to Ms. Clinton, the establishment choice who is widely expected to be the party’s nominee. Ms. Clinton also faces a challenge from Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, an Independent who caucuses with Democrats and identifies as a socialist, about whom Mr. de Blasio has spoken warmly. (snip)

The mayor made waves by withholding his endorsement from Ms. Clinton, whose 2000 Senate campaign he ran. He has insisted he simply wants to hear her vision, and the vision of other candidates, on income inequality. Some have posited that withholding the endorsement and delivering his stamp of approval later on will be better political theater for both Mr. de Blasio and Ms. Clinton. Despite his hedging on endorsing Ms. Clinton, Mr. de Blasio’s seeming disinterest in the man set to be perhaps her best-equipped rival may bolster the theory that the mayor endorsing Ms. Clinton is simply a fait accompli. (snip)

Other city elected officials have been more open to Mr. O’Malley’s pitch—Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito met last fall with Mr. O’Malley, the New York Times recently reported.

While the mayor professed to know little about Mr. O’Malley, the former governor is getting a boost from some former de Blasio boosters, including Lis Smith, Mr. de Blasio’s general election campaign and transition spokeswoman. He’s also being advised by Bill Hyers, Mr. de Blasio’s campaign manager.

I think it is all fine that no one has made any endorsements, FTR. We are pretty far out from real primary season. That reporters are asking these questions is very interesting. I personally don't believe for a minute that DeBlasio doesn't know him or his work well.


Also, this was interesting:

Mr. de Blasio said he’d like to hear Mr. O’Malley’s thoughts on income inequality, an issue Mr. de Blasio has taken on the road in recent months. Mr. O’Malley has recently made a point of vehemently opposing the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a trade pact backed by President Barack Obama and panned by liberals and progressives—including the group Mr. de Blasio convened in Washington this month. Ms. Clinton, meanwhile, has been hedged on the trade deal.

IS he ignoring what O'Malley has consistently said about income equality? Add your own articles that show where the man has made it clear about how he wants to change income equality… here is just one:

http://www.salon.com/2015/03/13/a_lot_of_us_are_disappointed_and_angry_martin_o’malley_makes_his_case_to_salon/

O’Malley clearly believes income inequality and declining wages will be the defining issues of the 2016 campaign, and he’s adopted a platform that echoes a lot of Warren’s so-called 8-point plan to grow the middle class, distilled from her “Raising Wages” speech to the AFL-CIO in January.

In addition to backing the restoration of Glass Steagall and hiking the capital gains tax, he supports a higher minimum wage and overtime-pay threshold, greater collective bargaining rights, expanding Social Security and more infrastructure spending. He can still sound like a technocrat at times, telling me he doesn’t like to talk about things in terms of “left and right” but “forward and backward.”