O'malley for President? (2013, lease, unemployment)

[Mr Beco]

I keep seeing this, hearing about this. While he looks all clean and stuff, I feel like Maryland isn't in that great of shape. I'm hearing that the rich are leaving Maryland due to taxes, unemployment is high, biotech crashed, we are taxed out the ying/yang on everything.

What has O'Malley done that warrants him to run the country? Please splaine.....

[e30is]

He's doing pretty poorly:

Post poll shows O’Malley with mediocre support in Maryland - The Washington Post

[adelphi_sky]

Originally Posted by Barry Rock

I keep seeing this, hearing about this. While he looks all clean and stuff, I feel like Maryland isn't in that great of shape. I'm hearing that the rich are leaving Maryland due to taxes, unemployment is high, biotech crashed, we are taxed out the ying/yang on everything.

What has O'Malley done that warrants him to run the country? Please splaine.....

First, biotech crashed? As in auto-industry crashed? That's news to me. Second, unemployment is high in just about every state that doesn't produce oil. Third, are we really concerned with what the rich do? They will always look out for themselves. That's not a demographic I would particularly care about unless they personally employ more than their maids and nannys. Fourth, while we do pay higher taxes, Maryland is not in the poor house. Compared with how other governors are doing, Maryland is doing well under the current circumstances. Yes, there are pockets of locations in the state with depressing stats, but overall, I think O'malley could do worse. Lastly, you didn't notice how his TV presence skyrocketed during the presidential campaign. Facetime my friend. He's going to run.

[uggabugga]

ugh, i hope not. if hillary runs, he won't have a chance anyway.

MD voters even prefer biden over o'malley.

Hillary crushes Biden, O'Malley, Cuomo in 2016 poll | WashingtonExaminer.com

[Mr Beco]

Originally Posted by adelphi_sky

First, biotech crashed? As in auto-industry crashed? That's news to me. Second, unemployment is high in just about every state that doesn't produce oil. Third, are we really concerned with what the rich do? They will always look out for themselves. That's not a demographic I would particularly care about unless they personally employ more than their maids and nannys. Fourth, while we do pay higher taxes, Maryland is not in the poor house. Compared with how other governors are doing, Maryland is doing well under the current circumstances. Yes, there are pockets of locations in the state with depressing stats, but overall, I think O'malley could do worse. Lastly, you didn't notice how his TV presence skyrocketed during the presidential campaign. Facetime my friend. He's going to run.

Yes, I know he is going to run, but on what record? Or has Obama set the precedent on how to get elected these days....just give good speeches. Yes Biotech has crashed, oh not like Wall Street or the Auto bailout, but last I checked, Ventner Institute left Montgomery County (100,000 sf space on the market) and Human Genome after a recent merger, has their 600,000+ sf campus on the market for lease.....I'd say that's more than a stall. Also, I care what the rich do.....maybe you don't.

[Mr Beco]

Originally Posted by uggabugga

ugh, i hope not. if hillary runs, he won't have a chance anyway.

MD voters even prefer biden over o'malley.

Hillary crushes Biden, O'Malley, Cuomo in 2016 poll | WashingtonExaminer.com

Hillary is not a "shoe-in", obviously its way early, but what makes people think she has it in the bag? First, she's older, second, she is a woman, thats a big second. I guess we broke new ground on Obama, but easy does it, besides, being a front runner is not all that its cracked up to be.

[adelphi_sky]

Originally Posted by Barry Rock

but last I checked, Ventner Institute left Montgomery County (100,000 sf space on the market) and Human Genome after a recent merger, has their 600,000+ sf campus on the market for lease.....I'd say that's more than a stall.

I wouldn't even call it a stall. You named 2 companies. One instance was a merger and not a bankruptcy. There may not be double-digit growth, but in regards to the entire industry, it's hardly a crash and barely a stall. A slowdown maybe?

[Mr Beco]

Originally Posted by adelphi_sky

I wouldn't even call it a stall. You named 2 companies. One instance was a merger and not a bankruptcy. There may not be double-digit growth, but in regards to the entire industry, it's hardly a crash and barely a stall. A slowdown maybe?

Gotcha....still

Not sure O'malley has a great record to run on...

[Khemistry]

I swear on everything that is in me... if that pathetic, liberal, tree hugging douchebag (and about a dozen other expletives that I can't post on this forum) not only RUNS for president but is NOMINATED by the democrats for presidency... I will be voting REPUBLICAN for 2016, so it's now on record. And this is coming from a registered democrat, BTW. I don't think I've ever in my life had so many regrets for re-voting for a candidate, as I do for voting for this retard in the last election. As much as I didn't like Ehrlich for his stance on a lot of issues, I now wish I had voted for him. You can tell O'Malley is going to try to run for president. A lot of his actions and especially his disposition in most of his press conferences, speak like a person who's running for president—well, someone who isn't well versed and a noob at best—but the undertone is that he's running for president.

He runs the rich out of the state ... he's an illegal immigrant nuthugger .... he wants to abolish capital punishment ... he does nothing to turn Maryland into a business-friendly state ... taxes seem to be raised on the generally populous every other week ... he is nothing but a disaster wrapped around an even larger disaster. If this arrogant prick runs for presidency, I will launch as big of a campaign as one person can, to get the word out that O'Malley will make Obama and Bush, COMBINED, seemed like the two greatest presidents this country has ever seen.

[Vlajos]

Not a terrible idea, better than Santorum for President.