2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: In 2012 Third Way was promoting Martin O'Malley as a "hot prospect" [View all]Cheese Sandwich
(9,086 posts)My opinion is his liberal posturing is just a bunch of posturing trying to get elected.
He spoke at Third Way forum in 2011 (link: http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251425668) and they liked him so much they invited him back for the private press session in 2012.
A lot of Democrats don't get invited to such things. Liz Warren for example doesn't get invited to Third Way. Bernie Sanders neither.
He has a lot of liberal rhetoric but he also has a lot connections to Wall St. He raised money from them as chair of the Democratic Governors Association. (http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/martin-o-malley-wall-st-ties-big-banks-article-1.2246630)
He's also gone in for meetings with Wall St. sleazeballs. (http://www.cnbc.com/id/102723304)
His own donors have mostly not been from that industry, but he has all the connections in place and the relations are built.
He's the perfect Trojan horse candidate: Looks great on paper, but dig a little deeper and there is a lot to be suspicious of.
We should heed this warning:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/as-mayor-of-baltimore-omalleys-policing-strategy-sowed-mistrust/2015/04/25/af81178a-ea9d-11e4-9767-6276fc9b0ada_story.html