'Far away from the bustling campaign trail of Iowa and New Hampshire, though, O’Malley was confronted by some of the demons that have been dogging him in his bid for the nomination. He also showcased the endurance and patience that have defined his underdog presidential campaign so far. . .
After the speech, he waded into the crowd, taking dozens of questions, more selfies, and exchanging still more handshakes. That’s when three undergraduates who had traveled from the University Of Maryland to take him on made their move.
Colin Byrd, an activist at the university, pulled out his video camera and recorded several questions with O’Malley. Several were detailed questions about the Sandra Bland case, he told a reporter later. . .
Joshua Tyler Stanley, 21, a member of College Students For Bernie, was the Sanders volunteer in the crowd. Like Byrd, purchased $50 tickets for the event and wore a nametag as he mingled with the pro-O’Malley crowd. He said he was there to ask O’Malley detailed questions about the environment. A friend and fellow UMD student, Ori Gutin, and deciding between O’Malley and Sanders, actually asked O’Malley the question, a query about liquified natural gas.
The trio of protesters argued about how well O’Malley had answered that one.
O’Malley took the questions, as he takes most questions. He stood in Baby Wale for more than an hour, shaking hands, talking to everyone who wanted to talk to him. A senior O’Malley staffer cut off Byrd’s ambush interview, promising to provide the activist time with the former Maryland governor at some point when the candidate wasn’t actively shaking hands. Afterwards the aide told a reporter it was serious offer.'
Neither Byrd’s move, nor Gutin’s, phased the candidate or the campaign staff. In his brief stump speech, O’Malley highlighted his environmental proposals
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