Martin O'Malley's Gary Hart Connections

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2. Some Excerpts from the WP Article:

Hart remembers the guitar the younger man toted around Iowa, an O’Malley trademark that endured through seven years as Baltimore’s mayor and two terms as Maryland’s governor.

“What I recall is how much affection there was for him personally, more so than for me,” Hart said. “Particularly from the farm wives, who loved hearing him sing in their kitchens.”

Hart alums remember O’Malley as indefatigable and persistent. Several recounted the time he was found him asleep in the supply closet at Hart’s Washington headquarters, after he had pulled consecutive all-nighters.

“He would sleep on anyone’s floor,” said James Dwinell, who managed the Hart campaign’s finances. “He would eat peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for breakfast, lunch and dinner.”

O’Malley was once sent to Ohio to enlist 500 volunteers for the campaign, former Hart aides said. He disappeared for a few days, only to be found playing his guitar on the steps of the state capitol — where he had signed up 488 people.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/in-omalleys-longshot-candidacy-a-chance-to-reclaim-gary-harts-dream/2015/06/08/dd1cd29c-0492-11e5-a428-c984eb077d4e_story.html