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One person shows up to O'Malley event in Iowa, remains uncommitted
2015-12-30
[POLITICO] Amid a vicious winter storm on Monday that forced some presidential campaigns to cancel their scheduled stops in Iowa, only Martin O'Malley
...former Democratic governor of Maryland and aspiring presidential candidate, known locally as The One-Man Economic Wrecking Crew. O'Malley was elected to his second term driven by union support and near-Stalinesque vote margins in Baltimore city (82%) and Prince George's County (88%). He presided over more than 40 tax or fee increases, including a rain tax and a flush tax...
decided to press on.

And one man at his last event, the only person to show up, in fact, "was glad to see me," the former Maryland governor said. But he still would not commit to caucus for O'Malley.

"The very last event of the night, we actually had a whopping total of one person show up, but by God, he was glad to see me. So we spent the time with him," the Democratic presidential candidate told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" on Tuesday, speaking from Des Moines.

A tweet shared by an ABC News news hound showed a bearded man, identified only as Kenneth, sitting at a table with O'Malley, who told MSNBC that he was "working on him," but also said people in Iowa "want to see the whole campaign play out" before deciding on a candidate.
Posted by:Fred

#7  A Walmart gift card would have sealed the deal. O'Malley needs to work on his close.
Posted by: Super Hose   2015-12-30 20:48  

#6  The uncommitted voter told the candidate that he had the strongest résumé of the three Democrats seeking the nomination

So much to work with there...
Posted by: Pappy   2015-12-30 19:09  

#5  He got a dozen in Romneyland (Wolfeboro NH). Pretty sad looking group, and his handlers looked even worse.
Posted by: KBK   2015-12-30 15:08  

#4  One is the loneliest number that you'll ever do
Two can be as bad as one
it's the loneliest number since the number one...
Posted by: JohnQC   2015-12-30 12:36  

#3  I've heard of "retail politics", but this is ridiculous.
Posted by: Matt   2015-12-30 11:56  

#2  One guy and Martin The Magnificent couldn't get him to commit
Posted by: Frank G   2015-12-30 11:10  

#1  Somebody must have told him there would be free coffee and doughnuts.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2015-12-30 11:05  

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