The Most Likely Next President Could Also Be Martin O'Malley: Read My Lips
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Things move fast in politics these days. Just as a new kernel of conventional wisdom is taking hold -- that Hillary Clinton, Biden-free and post-Benghazi, is now a lock for the White House -- a counter-narrative emerges: Martin O'Malley has it in the bag.
Everything is falling into place for the former Baltimore mayor and Maryland governor. He shot up to 5 percent this week in polls of Democrats in Iowa (the crucially important kickoff caucus state) and North Carolina (a state), meaning he's opening a comfortable lead on Lawrence Lessig. He earned an interview with Rachel Maddow on MSNBC. And Donald Trump hasn't tweeted O'Malley's name since Oct. 13, so imagine how frightened the Donald must be.