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CSPAN Washington This Week May 30, 2015

Former Maryland Governor Martin Omalley live in baltimore with his Campaign Announcement. Martin omalley announcing that he will join the race for the democratic residential nomination in 2016. He joins Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders on the democratic side, eight so far on the republican side officially in the race for president in 2016. We would like to get your thoughts today on the omalley candidacy. The numbers are on your screen. For our cspan radio listeners democrats, the numbers are on your screen. You can join the conversation at facebook and twitter. Tweet us cspan or go to facebook. Com cspan, and leave your comments. Lets go right to the phones. Sean is on the line for democrats. What do you think of the omalley candidacy . Caller i think Martin Omalley would be pretty bad candidate for us to have on our party simply because it was his governorship that maryland a very liberal state [indiscernible] i am for sanders or Hillary Clinton simply because Martin Omalley is the reason why we lost maryland. If you cant keep maryland, how is he going to win states that are less liberal than maryland . Host Martin Omalley, the former governor of maryland for eight years. We go to chicago on the line for republicans. Evelyn, youre next. Caller i just want to make a comment. How can the democrats vote for that party when they only are working for the illegal aliens . All they mention they want to get that 11 million out of the shadows. There is more than 11 million. How can they do that . And chicago, that is all they work for. What about the rest of the American People . Open your eyes, people. These candidates only working for the illegal immigrants. Host Martin Omalley announcing his candidacy for the democratic nomination today in baltimore. Another call from maryland, on the line for democrats. Caller im very proud to see governor omalley announcing his candidacy today for president. I think it is great we are getting more candidates in the pool of democrats. It is unfortunate that a large base of the Democratic Party is throwing support so early behind hillary. Its very immature to make such a decision like that. Why not see what options we have . I have lived in baltimore all my life. I lived in baltimore when he was the mayor, i lived in maryland since he was the governor. I think hes going to bring some great leadership to the Democratic Party as well. Host thanks for calling card Martin Omalley telephone Hillary Clinton before making the announcement, some writing about it, the call was brief and corneal. Cordial. Martin omalley phoned the democratic frontrunner and personally informed her of his plans. Next caller is jimmy on the line for independents from tennessee. Caller im just calling to say im glad we finally got some democrats in the democratic place. Im a hillary supporter. I think its really going to boost her candidacy. [inaudible] host thanks for calling. More thoughts on the entry of former Maryland Governor Martin Omalley to the democratic president ial race. Larry in farmington michigan on the line for democrats. Larry, go ahead. Caller i think Martin Omalley is an attractive candidate. The big issue with me is the fast track authority. I was a little bit disappointed that he did not specifically bring that up and say he was against it. Right now im leaning towards Bernie Sanders. Its no mystery where he stands on that issue. I live in the detroit area and i have seen what nafta has done to this area. I think this tpp will be even worse. We will not have anything but more and larger trade deficits if this thing goes through. And why president obama is pushing it so hard, i will never know. The key to my support will be whoever comes out and has a realistic possibility of becoming the democratic or even the republican nominee that is against fasttrack authority. On the republican side, i am hoping the john kasich from ohio runs and comes out against the tpp. Im pretty sure that he will. He might be a viable candidate too. Martin omalley, he is an attractive candidate probably more electable than Bernie Sanders, but he needs to come out against fasttrack authority to get the support of people like myself and the Democratic Party. Host thank you for calling. A couple of tweets we received since the Omalley Campaign announcement got underway. A tweet, governor malley has the experience and record of success. Hope you can turn it into campaign momentum. Steve writes, does the fact that baltimore is todays mess of the day and omalley was its recent mayor help hillary a great deal . Lets go to baltimore for our next call, on the republican line is bob. Bob, are you with us . Must not be there. Lets go to rick on the line for independents. Caller he did not mention anything about securing the border, a fence reinforcement. Host what would you like to hear him say about that . Caller that we will be securing our borders and if you are in this country illegally, you need to go back and go through the process, whatever nation you come from, and dont be coming to our borders and firing on our police. The military in mexico are coming across our border and firing on our police. Host the Martin Omalley candidacy, what do you think . Caller [inaudible] there wont be no way i can go for him. Host south fulton, tennessee. Line for republicans. Caller i would like to make a comment concerning mr. Martin omalley. If we keep on electing leaders that is going against gods program, the nation will not be blessed. Another thing, there is an american [inaudible] and they are running wild, trying to beg people to come across the line to help them. If you all are listening if hillarys president , its going to be worse than obama. This man is too game for rights gay for rights. If people want to be gay, let them be gay and stay in the closet. Dont throw it on us. Host the Campaign Announcement today by Martin Omalley democrat, a former governor of maryland, former mayor of baltimore, he joins two other democrats in the race. Hillary clinton is the front runner. Bernie sanders is the senator from vermont. There are eight declared republicans in the race so far. Your thoughts, dylan, in terre haute, indiana on the line for independents . What do you think . Caller my problem with omalley is he has no passion. I understand what he is saying and the methods hes trying to convey but theres no heart, no passion, no truth behind what he is saying. If you look at the Bernie Sanders campaign, you will see right there we have a valuable person who can do what we need to help the little people. Hes trying to tackle the big businesses. I feel i go malley will be another puppets, along with Hillary Clinton like omalley will be another puppets, along with Hillary Clinton. Theres no heart or hope behind it or anything. Host a couple of Facebook Comments we have received about the omalley presidency, the democratic president ial race in general. Posting, i cant say i know anything about the guy referring to omalley. You can join the conversation at facebook. Com cspan or tweet us at cspan. To portland, maine, it is michael. Caller i am registered as a republican. My family owns their own home and life is easier for people who have a certain amount of assets, and that i have been waiting for Martin Omalley to get into this race. Im very pleased he has decided to run for president worried president. Both parties are being subservient to the wealthy interests and i dont think that sustains their support, the middle class. I did send money to bernie cap Bernie Sanders campaign. The majority of americans are middleclass. Even the politicians the one in new hampshire, hes a very promiddleclass republican, and he is being attacked viciously because his family gave him 200,000 to run for congress. This multibillionaire money is flowing into politics. It is really disrespectful and i think we need people more like omalley to speak to the interests it is hard work when you are trying to uplift the country by way of every citizen, and that is what he is doing. Im so pleased that he is in the race. Im looking forward to seeing more about him as the campaign progresses. Hillary clinton is on the board of directors of walmart. I think theyre all about making the world safe for walmart. They dont even hire people fulltime. There are no benefits. They make you sign a piece of paper saying you will not get health care or they will not hire you. We need a person like omalley working for the middle class. Host a caller on the line for independents. Caller i found it ironic that he got into his speech by denouncing the results of decades of progressive policy as well as the current president s progressive policy. Most of our problems are institutional. It is the revolving door between executive agencies like the doj, epa, and fda, and corporate america. You have a lot of people who go backandforth and cash in on both sides and if we fix that issue, we will make many strides towards fixing that country. Host donald in western virginia on the line for democrats. Go ahead donald. Caller i want to call to thank cspan for panning the camera during Martin Omalleys announcements. I thought it was powerful to see that he thought it was ok to have the cops drag off somebody holding up a sign. You want to run america and you think its ok to have the cops drag off people who disagree with you politically . That was very strong for me and i wanted to express my appreciation of cspan. I thought omalley was an ok guy. Im looking for someone other than clinton to vote for and he will not be omalley who has the cops drag off protesters. Host Martin Omalley announcing his candidacy for the democratic president ial nomination in 2016. Today in baltimore, hes the former governor of maryland. He joins Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders on the democratic side in the race for president. We will continue our campaign coverage, our road to the white house coverage on cspan when Lindsey Graham republican senator of south carolina, makes his president ial announcement, a Campaign Announcement coming up monday morning, 10 30 a. M. Eastern time. We will have that live for you on cspan. We expect to hear this coming week from the former governor of rhode island and the former texas governor, rick perry. We will let you know when these announcements are coming up, we believe wednesday and thursday. Our road to the white house coverage continues on cspan. Now more on the 2016 president ial race from todays caller washington journal. Host we are talking campaign 2016 now. We are joined by liz chadderdon, a democratic consultant. Were also joined by ford oconnell. Thank you for being here. Guest thank you for having us. Host ford, i want to start with you. Lets talk about the broad field for the gop nomination. George is the latest to announce. Guest it will be tough. We have nine official candidates. The problem is those that are the highest name id are the ones polling the best and that will be hard for and it will be hard for any of these folks to break away until we turn to the debates in august. Right now it is name id, therefore the polls are so tight no one can break away. Host and liz chadderdon, we started this week with Bernie Sanders announcing his candidacy. Is he a viable candidate, what are his plans . Is he a viable candidate, what are his plans . Guest lets define viable. I do not think anyone thinks senator Bernie Sanders will be the democratic nominee in 2016 but there are plenty people that thought that about senator barack obama in 2007 however i think senator sanders is a much greater long shot at this point to be our nominee. I like senator sanders. I think he is left of left, and while that might play well in vermont, i do not know, even among democratic primary voters, how that will play. Host what is the goal of his campaign . Guest have you ever met Bernie Sanders . This is a guy with something to say, and this is an opportunity for him on a National Scale to say some of the things he wants to say. He has definitive opinions about wash it, corporate america, how he feels the american middle class and the poor are being left hind on our government cant by our government. This is his chance to stand up and say what he feels. He will get attention because we only have two official at this point. Host later today we will have three and cspan will be covering it. Guest on what the republicans who have some of between eight and 27, it is harder for them to get their message out, but if youre a democrat, it is a wideopen field and it is a chance to have a bully pulpit and have some cameras. Guest one of the things is Hillary Clinton has near universal name id. The chance of her not when the nomination is next to impossible. She is going to be the nominee barring something outrageous whether she gets sick, whatever. As for my guys, you can throw the names in the air. If i had to say today you will have a combination of any two names on this ticket, edit is likely to be marco rubio, jed bush or scott walker. There are only about seven states in play and we have to run up about 35 with hispanics in florida, colorado, and nevada, and basically bring every white workingclass voter into the tent or Hillary Clinton is going to walk into the white house. Host what are the states question mark states . Guest florida colorado, texas virginia. Host there is bipartisan agreement sometimes. Guest exactly. Host you can join the conversation by calling us on host you can find us on social media as well. Host we are going to go ahead and get your phone calls, mike from cap florida, the democratic line. Tampa some of florida calling on the democratic line. Caller i would like to challenge liz chadderdon. It seems to me you are probably in the camp for Hillary Clinton and i would like to say i do not make a lot of money, but the money i have given is to Bernie Sanders and he represents the Democratic Party much more than Hillary Clinton who is a demonstrated liar. I am sorry. Guest first off, as a voter, i have not made up my mind and as a democratic strategist, i am not working for any of the candidates, Hillary Clinton senator sanders, or soon, Martin Omalley. The left of the left, actually they have an opportunity to talk because they have a voice in Bernie Sanders. If you do not like Hillary Clinton, support Bernie Sanders Martin Omalley. That is what the process is about. I have to agree with my republican politics colic, i think it is tough to see senator sanders be the nominee, but Stranger Things have happened. Host how much could you shift the conversation and force Hillary Clinton to move further left than she wants to for the general election . Guest under different circumstances i would tell you that is a real possibility, but the truth is she is such a juggernaut in this, it is so clear that this moment she has most of the money, most of the delegates, most of the democratic voters for the primary. If i am Hillary Clinton, or i am advising Hillary Clinton, and i am not, but i would tell her to ignore senator sanders and governor omalley, because she does not need to acknowledge them. They need to attack her. She does not need to acknowledge they are in the race. As it, democrat of she wants to be kind and say i always welcome everyones view, that might be the good thing to do, but as a candidate, they are inconsequential. Guest i have to agree, but she is lucky Martin Omalley is on the stage because Bernie Sanders could really challenge with the left of the left. What she wants to do if she gets engaged is to triangulate off of Martin Omalley to be considered in the middle of the carrots and answer sanders through omalley and stay above the fray in the middle and answer sanders through omalley and stay above the fray. Host this article in the wall street journal host he repeatedly says the deck is stacked against the middle class. Host how much as he already change the conversation for Hillary Clinton . Guest i do not know how much already, but i do think governor omalley will change the conversation a little, and you highlighted some key democratic issues where frankly governor omalley is better than both secretary clinton and senator sanders. Then control is a big one. Maryland passed gun control is a big one. Maryland passed some of the strictest and control measures, and friendly vermont, the home of Bern

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