MINNEAPOLIS
– Martin O’Malley had one clear chance to make waves within the
Democratic National Committee, and he seized it, delivering a fiery
speech Friday that condemned his party’s leadership for what he called
a process “rigged” to help Hillary Rodham Clinton — namely, curtailing
the number of presidential primary debates.
Accusing party leaders of trying to keep Democratic ideas hidden as the
Republican presidential candidates spew “racist hate” from their debate
lecterns, Mr. O’Malley, the former Maryland governor and mayor of
Baltimore, questioned the decision to hold “four debates and four
debates only” before the first four states finish voting.
“
This is totally unprecedented in our
party’s history,” Mr. O’Malley said. “
This sort of rigged process has never been
attempted before.
Whose decree is it exactly? Where did it come from? To what end? For
what purpose? What national or party interest does this decree serve?
How does this help us tell the story of the last eight years of
Democratic progress?” [
Blah Blah Blah]
