“When Martin O’Malley announces his bid for the presidency Saturday in Baltimore, he is hoping that backdrop will strengthen his effort to become the leading candidate for progressives,” the Washington Post reports.
“But the backdrop also could be his albatross. In preparing to seek the Democratic nomination, he has cast himself as the only candidate with the vision, record and hands-on experience to attack urban problems such as poverty and crime. But the stubborn urban decay that continues to afflict sizable swaths of Baltimore threatens O’Malley’s pitch.”
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