What People Are Saying About Governor Martin O’Malley’s CBS Debate Performance So Far“Powerful” … “Strongest O’Malley Yet” … “That Was the Best I’ve Seen O’Malley” … “Surprisingly Clear and Effective Message” … “Most Impressive” … “Strong Answer” .... “Sounding Good” … “Compelling and Appealed to The Base” … “One of the Highlights of O’Malley’s Presidential Campaign So Far”
Philip Rucker @PhilipRucker: Powerful O’Malley moment when he brought up Burlington, IA, woman who said, "My son is not a pair of boots on the ground."
David Catanese @davecatanese: Strongest O'Malley yet: “My son is not a pair of boots on the ground."
Katrina vandenHeuvel @KatrinaNation: Thank you Gov O'Malley for skewering & humanizing cliche of "boots on ground" -- it's about our sons & daughters not just a failed strategy
Benjy Sarlin @BenjySarlin: That was maybe the best I've seen O'Malley -- surprisingly clear and effective message on Libya
Jeremy Diamond @JDiamond1: Powerful @MartinOMalley moment re: calling American troops deployed to combat "boots on the ground"
Glenn Thrush @GlennThrush: @MartinOMalley is doing well -- don't call American kids "boots on the ground" - was compelling and appealed to the base
Ben Jacobs @Bencjacobs: The "boots on the ground" moment probably one of the highlights of O'Malley's presidential campaign so far
Hunter Walker @hunterw: Wow. The Twitter tracker on CBSN shows 32% of people are talking about O'Malley now. That's 3% more than Sanders.
Hunter Walker @hunterw: Big jump from how many people tracker showed tweeting about O'Malley before the debate. He's 32% now was at 1-3% every time i saw before.
MIke Thompson @ThompsonToons: Gov. OMalley gave the most impressive opening statement. Bernie seemed tone deaf by talking about the economy. #DemDebate #Hillary
Sarah Beckman @SarahBeckman3: Consensus seems positive from major outlet journalists on @MartinOMalley's: "My son is not a pair of boots on the ground." #DemDebate
Steven Dennis @StevenTDennis: Best line I've heard from O'Malley — mother telling him don't use the phrase "boots on the ground." Soldiers are not a pair of boots.
Justin Salhani @JustinSalhani: Good on O'Malley for saying to take in more refugees. Even has the hand in his coat like Napoleon (shoutout to Paris?)
Liz Kreutz @ABCLiz: O'Malley touts that he was the first person on debate stage to call for 65k refugees into US
John Nichols @NicholsUprising: Hit w/foreign-policy experience question, @MartinOMalley delivers a sharp, knowing response. He handles himself well in this give-and-take.
Amanda Marcotte @AmandaMarcotte: Well, Martin O’Malley was the only one who had opening statements of real substance about the ISIS situation.
Ron Elving @NPRrelving: Martin O'Malley seems well prepared to parse the issues so as to be critical of HRC without spilling blood. Surgical? #nprdebate
MaryAlice Parks @maryaliceparks: Clinton and O'Malley - unlike Sanders - focus solely on foreign policy and threats in their opening statements #DemDebate
USA TODAY 2016 @usatoday2016: O'Malley also jumps on Clinton for her Iraq vote in 2003; says the US made many mistakes in Iraq, and is paying price #DemDebate
Alex Miller @AlexMillerNews: . @MartinOMalley with a strong answer about ISIS and going against Sec. #Clinton. #DemDebate
Iowa Starting Line @IAStartingLine: .@MartinOMalley sounding good so far in foreign policy opening, obviously not as big of his background as Clinton #DemDebate
Sarah Beckman @SarahBeckman3: Consensus seems positive from major outlet journalists on @MartinOMalley's: "My son is not a pair of boots on the ground." #DemDebate
John Deeth @johndeeth: OMalley has best answer distinguishing between Islam and radicals #DemDebate
USA TODAY 2016 @usatoday2016: O'Malley also devotes opening statement to Paris. Says U.S. must work with allies to fight this war -- and get "new leadership" #DemDebate
Daily Dot Politics @DotPolitics: O'Malley says he disagrees w/ Clinton about size of U.S. role fighting ISIS. "This actually is America's fight." #DemDebate
James Hohmann @jameshohmann: O'Malley says there was not a day as mayor of Baltimore or governor of Maryland that he was not afraid of an attack on his watch.
Grant Rodgers @GrantMRodgers: O'Malley's call for better human intelligence on the ground has been a regular piece of his campaign stump in Iowa. #demdebate
USA TODAY 2016 @usatoday2016: O'Malley also jumps on Clinton for her Iraq vote in 2003; says the US made many mistakes in Iraq, and is paying price #DemDebate
Grant Rodgers @GrantMRodgers: We've got @SenSanders & @MartinOMalley both teaming up on Clinton, hitting her on vote in favor of Iraq war. #DemDebate
Quentin Misiag @quentin_misiag: .@MartinOMalley coming out swinging tonight at #DemDebate against @HillaryClinton
Megan Cochran Garcia @Megsiegolightly: Thank you @MartinOMalley. Our Military are not just robots or "Boots on the Ground".
Zeke Peterson @zeke_peterson: @MartinOMalley speaks intelligently and takes a stance against the most cliché of all debate phrases: "boots on the ground." #DemDebate
Mia Davis @Simplymia: @MartinOMalley showed up tonight #DemDebate
Tommy Martin-Edwards @Coffeeforkarma: @MartinOMalley is showing America what he's made of and we are listening! #DemDebate
