Martin O’Malley, presidential candidate to the stars?
The former Maryland governor has been toying with the idea of running for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination — and will turn his efforts to the City of Angels next week.
O’Malley will be the guest of honor at a reception in Los Angeles April 23, at a pricey French restaurant just south of Hollywood, according to an invitation obtained by the Washington Examiner.
The invite-only reception is sponsored by his political action committee, O’ Say Can You See PAC. His PAC did not reveal any fundraising numbers Tuesday, but rather indicated it will wait until the next Federal Elections Commission filing deadline in July.
And it may have a lot of money to show by the time July arrives.
O’Malley’s YouTube account posted a video Monday of the prospective candidate talking to Iowans, with a “Donate” button glaring in the top right hand corner. By using the new “Cards” feature on YouTube, O’Malley is using the fundraising ploy to get people to click to be taken to his official website (www.martinomalley.com) and donate to his leadership PAC.
Beating Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton to Los Angeles now may be what does — or does not — push O’Malley to launch a presidential campaign.
Should he decide to run, he would have a lot of ground to make up in the race. According to a RealClearPolitics average of polls, O’Malley has just 1.2 points to Clinton’s 59.8 points.
