Martin O'Malley

You see, the "prison" business is an ITEM OF NEXUS between both M'OM and Rubio. Only someone who is either NAIVE or LINEAR in their thinking would not notice this. MO'M says he objects to these prisons, but IIRC he had one in his state, for juveniles, under his watch. He also has had prison issues under his leadership, that have continued past his time in office. Rubio, OTOH, takes money hand over fist from the privatized version of this industry, and has a former prison lobbyist as his closest staff member. It's ripe for plucking.

It is the PERFECT topic upon which to formulate a series of DEBATE questions directed at BOTH candidates, with follow-ups, with "what did you do back then?" and "compare and contrast" scenarios, etc.

But hey, whatever. It's obvious that you're so busy playing defense that you don't really care how your candidate might handle this particular matter. I thought people here in this group would already KNOW. He can't get away with high flying rhetoric -- particularly rhetoric that excoriates--without expecting a little digging into his own backstory and stances.


Look--he's a nice guy, he's not stupid, he can deliver a line with conviction, he's got a certain amount of charisma--he is gradually raising his profile, but with an increased profile comes increased SCRUTINY. He's got some clarifying to do if he wants to make this plank a signature portion of his campaign, and that's true even if you are angry at me for bringing it up.