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WEBVTT ADAM: WELCOME BACK.ANOTHER 2016 NAME WAS AN NEWHAMPSHIRE LAST WEEK, PERHAPSWITH AN EYE ON 2020.HERE IS OUR ONE-ON-ONE WITHGOVERNOR MARTIN O'MALLEY.THANK YOU FOR TAKING TIME WITHUS.YOU WERE HERE EARLIER THANANYONE HAS BEEN HERE IN THISSETTING.WHAT IS GOING ON NOW?SHOULD WE THINK YOU ARE RUNNINGFOR PRESIDENT?GOV. O'MALLEY: I MIGHT, BUT THETRUTH IS WE HAVE ELECTIONSCOMING UP ALL OVER THE COUNTRY,INCLUDING SOME VERY IMPORTANTGOVERNORS RACES.AMY HAMM, YOUR RACE FOR GOVERNORWILL BE ONE THAT IS CONTESTED.IN ORDER TO BE A GOVERNING PARTYFOR THE UNITED STATES, WE HAVETO WIN BACK OUR STATES ASDEMOCRATS.SO I HAVE BEEN TRAVELING,HELPING THEM PARTY REBUILD FROMTHE GRASS UP.ADAM: WE SPOKE TO ONE WOMAN WHOSAID THAT ANYONE OF STATURECOMING TO NEW HAMPSHIRE IS ANINDICATOR OF HOW ENERGIZEDDEMOCRATS ARE RIGHT NOW.IS THAT WHAT YOU ARE FEELING INTERMS OF PEOPLE WHO WANT TO LOOKAHEAD TO ELECTIONS THAT ARE FARAWAY?GOV. O'MALLEY: WHAT I AM SENSINGACROSS THE COUNTRY IS A WELL OFACTIVISM.PEOPLE WHO PERHAPS HAVE NEVERENGAGED BEFORE.THAT IS WHAT OUR COUNTRY NEEDS.HOPEFULLY, IT WILL HAPPEN INBOTH PARTIES.WE ARE AT A LOW POINT IN TERMSOF PEOPLE'S CONFIDENCE ABOUT OURNATION, WHERE OUR NATION ISHEADED AREA THERE IS NO REASONFOR THAT.THE ONLY THING WRONG WITH OURPOLITICS IS NOT ENOUGH GOODPEOPLE TRIED.I THINK YOU WILL SEE A LOT OFCANDIDATES RUNNING FOR OFFICEFOR THE FIRST TIME.ADAM: WE SEE THE PRESIDENTHITTING THE 100 DAY MARK.WHAT IS YOUR ASSESSMENT SO FAR?GOV. O'MALLEY: I BELIEVE THETRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS ONEWHOSE MALICE HAS IN TEMPERATE BYTHEIR OWN -- TEMPERED BY THEIROWN INCOMPETENCE.IT HAS BEEN 100 DAYS, BUT ITFEELS LONGER THAN THAT.I THINK WE ARE IN FORCHALLENGING DAYS AHEAD FOR THEREPUBLIC.LET US HOPE THAT OUR COUNTRYLEARNS EVERYDAY FROM THISEXPERIENCE AND THAT WE CORRECTTHIS MISTAKE WHEN WE NEXT HAVETHE OPPORTUNITY.AND BY THE TIME WE CORRECT THISMISTAKE, WE WILL BE IN THEMIDTERMS.ADAM: IS THERE A TIME WHEN YOUHAVE THROWN THE NEWSPAPER ORCROSSED THE ROOM BECAUSE OF APOLICY YOU HAVE FOUNDTROUBLESOME?GOV. O'MALLEY: AS SOMEONE WHOWAS AWARE OF THE FACT THAT MYMOST -- OWN PEOPLE WERE MOSTLYIMMIGRANTS FROM IRELAND ANDGERMANY, I AM MOST CONCERNED ANDOUTRAGED AT THE IMMIGRANTROUNDUP THAT IS HAPPENING IN OURNAME, PUTTING WOMEN ANDCHILDREN, MOMS AND DADS, INTHESE IMMIGRATION INTERNMENTCAMPS.IT IS APPALLING AND RUNS AGAINSTEVERYTHING THAT OUR COUNTRY ANDTHE STATUE OF LIBERTYSYMBOLIZES.ADAM: SOMEONE ASKED WHO WILL BETHE PROGRESSIVE LEADER IN THISRACE?IF YOU DECIDE TO RUN, DO YOUCHANGE THE MESSAGE AT ALL, SHIFTAND TRY TO RECAPTURE THOSEPEOPLE WHO WENT TOWARDS SENATORSANDERS?GOV. O'MALLEY: I THINK THAT THEOVERALL -- THE MESSAGE OF THEDEMOCRATIC PARTY NEEDS TO BEABOUT THE ACTIONS THAT WILLSTRENGTHEN AND GROW OUR MIDDLECLASS.THAT IS WHO WE ARE AS A PARTY.THAT IS THE WAY I GOVERNED.THIS YEAR'S RACE HAD A HARD TIMEOPENING OF ANY OXYGEN IN THATPARTICULAR MAKES, BUT IN THENEXT RACE, I THINK YOU SEE A LOTOF CANDIDATES STEPPING UP.SOME WILL HAVE ZERO EXPERIENCE.OTHERS WILL HAVE ACTUALLY DONETHESE THINGS IN OFFICE AND BEABLE TO GIVE TO PEOPLE AT LEASTTHAT EXPERIENCE OF A TRACKRECORD IN GETTING THINGS DONE.A PITHIER RUN AND THAT IS THIS-- THE GREAT ANXIETY IN OURCOUNTRY IS THE NUMBERS OF PEOPLEWHO HAVE BEEN WORKING HARDERTHAN THEY EVER HAVE AND NOTSEEING THEIR WAGES GO UP.EVERYTHING WE ARE ABOUT AS APARTY HAS TO BE STRENGTHENINGTHE MIDDLE CLASS, MAKING WAGESGO UP AND NOT DOWN.THE ACTIONS AND POLICY CHOICESTHAT AS DEMOCRATS WE BELIEVE WEHAVE TO MAKE HAPPEN.THE THINGS DONALD TRUMP IS DOINGWILL NOT MAKE WAGES GO UP.OVER TIME, PEOPLE WILL FIGURETHAT OUT.WE HAVE TO TELL THAT BETTERSTORY OF HOW EVERYONE WHO WORKSHARD CAN GET AHEAD.ADAM: YOU MENTIONED THESEWORKING-CLASS DEMOCRATS WHOPERHAPS VOTED FOR TRUMP.IN THE CITY OF CLAREMONT, THEYHAD GONE FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA BYABOUT 6%-40%.THAT CITY VOTED FOR TRUMP.WHAT IS THE MESSAGE FOR THOSEWHO MAY HAVE VOTED FOR TRUMP BUTARE NOMINALLY DEMOCRATS?GOV. O'MALLEY: THE MESSAGE ISSAID.THAT GREAT NUMBERS OF AMERICANSARE FED UP WITH ALL TAKES ANHOUR INABILITY TO GET THINGSDONE -- GREAT NUMBERS OFAMERICANS ARE FED UP WITH OURINABILITY TO GET THINGS DONE.WE HAVE TO MAKE WAGES GO UP, WEHAVE TO CAPTURE NEW TECHNOLOGIESTO CREATE NEW OPPORTUNITIES.THESE THINGS DO NOT HAPPEN BYTHEMSELVES.WE HAVE TO HARNESS CHANGE ANDMAKE IT OUR OWN.OUR COUNTRY STRONGER SO WE CANGIVE BACK TO OUR KIDS ANDGRANDKIDS.THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THATHAPPENS BECAUSE WE HOPE OR WISHIT BY MERELY PROTESTING.WE HAVE TO BUILD AND TAKEACTION.ADAM: HAVING DONE THIS ONCE IN26, YOU SPENT A LOT OF TIME INIOWA AND NEW HAMPSHIRE.WHAT IS IT ABOUT THE NEWHAMPSHIRE VOTER THAT MAKES THEMGOOD AT DISCERNING WHO SHOULD BETHE NEXT LEADER OF THE FREEWORLD?GOV. O'MALLEY: ONE OF THEBEAUTIES OF NEW HAMPSHIRE ISPEOPLE EXPECT TO SEE THECANDIDATES UP CLOSE.PERSONAL.BE ABLE TO LOOK THEM IN THE EYE.BE ABLE TO SHAKE THEIR HAND.THERE IS A LOT OF INTUITIVESIGNALS THAT WE PICK UP AS HUMANBEINGS.AND JUST TALKING WITH OTHERHUMAN BEINGS.I FEEL THAT PERSONAL SORT OFDEMOCRACY IS SOMETHING THAT ISREFRESHING.AND WHAT NEW HAMPSHIRE HAS TOOFFER OUR COUNTRY.IT IS SOMETHING THAT MAKES OURCOUNTRY STRONGER, THAT WE STILLHAVE STATES WHERE THE CANDIDATECAN MAKE THE ROUNDS AND MEET

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