Unfortunately for O'Malley, Bernie Sanders is already in the race running to Hillary Clinton's left (one supposes should Jim Webb enter the race he will run to Hillary's right--and good luck with that in Democratic primaries) which leaves O'Malley the unpalatable option of claiming he's more electable than Sanders. That ought to go over really well with the die-hard Liberal base.
Don't get me wrong--I like O'Malley and would have no problem voting for him. I just think he has very long odds considering he has to beat electoral behemoth Hillary Clinton and left wing darling Bernie Sanders, both of whom are far ahead of him in name recognition as well. He also has one big caveat: as Mayor of Baltimore, his hardcore policing tactics have many believing his leadership on crime prevention played a large role in the recent strife in the city following the death of Freddie Gray, and O'Malley will certainly face hard questioning in regard to said role.
On the coolness quotient, though, O'Malley is a shoo-in. He'd be the first President who can play guitar (that I know of) and he's actually pretty damn good at it:
If only it were that easy.
Peace,
emaycee
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