DNC Chair Candidate Martin O’Malley Wants To Be More Than Just A Bureaucrat
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But the former Maryland governor says he’s the best person for the administrative aspects of the job, as well.
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Martin O’Malley has not held elected office in nearly a decade.
But to see him greeting Democratic governors, consultants and lobbyists with an easy smile at the Democratic Governors Association’s annual meeting this past weekend, you would think he had never left.
That comfort with gladhanding might make O’Malley, a former Maryland governor and Baltimore mayor now wrapping up his stint as commissioner of the Social Security Administration, seem like an unconventional choice to chair the Democratic National Committee.
It’s a body made up more of bureaucrats than political stars. Most of the job’s work is distinctly behind-the-scenes: fundraising, managing relationships with state parties and helping set up the presidential nominating process.
And it’s not like a glittering public persona helps you get the job, either. Winning requires wooing over 448 voting DNC members — a clique of state party leaders and other insiders with different considerations than the mass electorate O’Malley courted to win gubernatorial races in 2006 and 2010.
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