1 person shows at O'Malley event in IA, remains uncommitted

[bimbi284]

"The very last event of the night, we actually had a whopping total of one person show up, but by God, he was glad to see me. So we spent the time with him," former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley said. | Getty
One person shows up to O'Malley event in Iowa, remains uncommitted
By NICK GASS 12/29/15 10:13 AM EST Updated 12/29/15 03:20 PM EST
Amid a vicious winter storm on Monday that forced some presidential campaigns to cancel their scheduled stops in Iowa, only Martin O'Malley decided to press on.

And one man at his last event, the only person to show up, in fact, "was glad to see me," the former Maryland governor said. But he still would not commit to caucus for O'Malley.


"The very last event of the night, we actually had a whopping total of one person show up, but by God, he was glad to see me. So we spent the time with him," the Democratic presidential candidate told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" on Tuesday, speaking from Des Moines.

A tweet shared by a reporter who was present showed a bearded man, identified only as Kenneth, sitting at a table with O'Malley, who told MSNBC that he was "working on him" but also said people in Iowa "want to see the whole campaign play out" before deciding on a candidate.


"So I wasn't surprised that he was uncommitted," O'Malley said. "But I was glad he took the time to come out in the snow to see me. We almost canceled that last event but we were out there anyway, so we plowed through."

The uncommitted voter told the candidate that he had the strongest résumé of the three Democrats seeking the nomination, according to Beckman's report. “I give you a lot of credit for coming out here,” Kenneth told O'Malley. “I’m glad you took the time.”

Two Republican candidates, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, had planned to visit the state but were forced to cancel those plans until a later date.

[pixy0stix]

omg that this isn't the onion. LOL!

[mdgirl]

I'd be pretty happy for some one-on-one time.

[nsl]

Dec 29, 2015 15:59:51 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

omg that this isn't the onion. LOL!

You took the words right out of my mouth.  OMG.

[bimbi284]

Here's the link. I was having serious c/p issues!
www.politico.com/story/2015/12/martin-omalley-iowa-event-217193?cmpid=sf

[chedifuen]

I'm floored that he still has the money to remain in the race

[josieposy]

My entire family is from Iowa, and I had no idea where the hell Tama is located. I had to look it up!