President Obama urged thousands of Maryland voters on Thursday to tap back into the energy of his election and rally Democrats to the polls — but this time, for Gov. Martin O’Malley.

“I hope you are ready to fight for Martin so he can keep fighting for you,” Obama told a feisty crowd of supporters gathered at Bowie State University in Prince George’s County. Around him, bright green O’Malley-Brown signs littered a courtyard in the center of the small college campus. “Right now you got pundits saying the other party supporters are more excited. … It’s up to you to prove them wrong. Don’t make me look bad now.”