Left Presses Andrew Cuomo On Campaign Finance
“If he only does a half-measure or doesn’t come through, it would be very hard for him to have an excited base,” Radford says.
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Martin O’Malley Calling Himself A “Performance-Driven Progressive” Now
A new buzzword. After passing bills for gun control, a gas tax, and a death penalty repeal, O’Malley says he’s about results, not liberalism.
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Is Hillary Clinton Too Conservative To Become President?
While she was at the State Department — and out of politics for four years — Clinton’s party was moving to the left, and fast. “Now that she’s unshackled by the boundaries of her office, she’ll step up to the mic,” says Singer.
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Martin O’Malley Makes Risky 2016 Bet With Maryland Gas Tax
After 2012, Democrats are now arguing tax increases can win them votes. “Reaganomics is effectively dead. We’re dealing with Obamanomics now,” says Stanford.
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Governors Are Split On Obama’s Medicaid Expansion
“You do see about a 50-50 split in what states are doing,” says Oklahama’s Republican Governor Mary Fallin. Democrats, largely in support of the measure, acknowledge the costs of putting it in place.
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Top Democrat: Hillary Clinton Would "Clear The Field" In 2016
O’Malley, Cuomo, and Biden would all make way, Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer predicts. “I don’t know that anybody would run against Hillary.”
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Top Democratic Governor Promises Balanced Budgets And Progressive Values
The new chair of the Democratic Governors Association stresses marriage equality and green energy. An endorsement for Cory Booker.
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Colorado’s John Hickenlooper Set To Take Leadership Role
The top three posts at the Democratic Governors Association are set. The group is meeting in Los Angeles for their annual conference to make Vermont’s Shumlin chairman, as O’Malley steps a rung down to focus on 2016.
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Hurricane’s Late October Landfall Raises Election Questions
From early voting to evacuations, Hurricane Sandy could make voting more difficult in several states.
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Top Democrat: 2012 Election Will Be Won By The Base
Forget swing voters. Governor Martin O’Malley has no time for “the micro-targeting and the pollsters and the tea leaves and the pixie dust…and all that bullshit.”
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O’Malley: McCain Saw Romney’s Tax Returns And He Chose Palin
The Maryland governor plays the Palin card while other Dem govs pile on.
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O’Malley On The GOP: "Only Health Care Mandate They Embrace Are Trans-Vaginal Probes"
The Maryland governor suggests Republicans would prefer to secede.
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Martin O’Malley Plays The White House
Will this be the closest he gets to the presidency? The Maryland governor’s band, O’Malley’s March, performed at The White House yesterday for Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny and President Barack Obama.
