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Martin O'Malley

Koinos

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1. Good catch!

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Sun May 31, 2015, 09:30 AM

May 2015

Always good to hear Robert Reich's take on the candidates.

As Reich says, O'Malley's not just talk. He didn't invent his positions recently to garner votes. He has held these principles for a long time and has acted on them:

He's not just talk. When O'Malley was governor of Maryland the state spent record amounts on education, despite the recession, and also saw steep drops in crime and a substantial increase in people covered by subsidized health care – all made possible by unpopular tax increases.

Principles, pragmatism, and common sense: He has progressive goals, but he knows he has to do what works.

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