Martin O’Malley making noise to be heard over Hillary hubbub
A likely 2016 runner, former Maryland governor has queried Clinton’s liberal bona fides
Possible presidential candidate Martin O’Malley: the presidency is “not some crown to be passed between two families”. Photograph: Win McNamee/Getty Images
The message from Democrats in South Carolina, delivered with that soft southern twang, is this: assume victory here at your peril.
It’s 19 months out from the 2016 presidential election and Hillary Clinton is the only Democrat to declare a candidacy so far. Some say the party’s nomination is still to play for, even if the former secretary of state, senator and first lady seems unassailable in the polls.