the stage soon. chris, before we hear from the governor. tell us are we expecting an aggressive pitch here? or is this going to be i wonder what his treatment or his approach to secretary clinton will be? well you know on paper mr. o malley has a strong progressive record that something liberals can look to. not only in his beliefs, but also what he did as governor and as mayor. and as jeff noted, this is his opportunity to introduce himself to not only the people people of maryland know who hes, but outside the country, outside of the state, in new hampshire and iowa. people don t know who he is. he s not have high national name i.d. before he starts attacking clinton he has to define himself and he ll be traveling around the country to do that. hillary clinton is sucking a lot of oxygen out of the room here. but he she does have nowhere really to go but down. so starting today this will be his opportunity to start to chip
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