I'm hesitant to ask this here, but...

[TreasonousBastard]

I think O'Malley is the best candidate out of the whole crowd running and I'm curious if anyone has a clue why he's so far behind. Is it because Hillary is, well, Hillary and has the organization built up over years and Bernie has the hard left sewn up?

I'm also curious about what negatives will show up if he moves up. Nobody's spending time attacking him yet but when the dark horse becomes a white horse he becomes a target and I'd like to have some answers for the inevitable criticisms.

If I had the time to go through hundreds of posts I'm sure these have been mentioned many times, but I would appreciate a condensed version, if possible.

And, yes-- the obligatory of course Bernie or Hillary would get my vote over anyone in the clown car. I just don't like Bush or Kasick much, but the rest strike me with raw terror.