ADAM: WELCOME BACK.
ANOTHER 2016 NAME WAS AN NEW
HAMPSHIRE LAST WEEK, PERHAPS
WITH AN EYE ON 2020.
HERE IS OUR ONE-ON-ONE WITH
GOVERNOR MARTIN O'MALLEY.
THANK YOU FOR TAKING TIME WITH
US.
YOU WERE HERE EARLIER THAN
ANYONE HAS BEEN HERE IN THIS
SETTING.
WHAT IS GOING ON NOW?
SHOULD WE THINK YOU ARE RUNNING
FOR PRESIDENT?
GOV. O'MALLEY: I MIGHT, BUT THE
TRUTH IS WE HAVE ELECTIONS
COMING UP ALL OVER THE COUNTRY,
INCLUDING SOME VERY IMPORTANT
GOVERNORS RACES.
AMY HAMM, YOUR RACE FOR GOVERNOR
WILL BE ONE THAT IS CONTESTED.
IN ORDER TO BE A GOVERNING PARTY
FOR THE UNITED STATES, WE HAVE
TO WIN BACK OUR STATES AS
DEMOCRATS.
SO I HAVE BEEN TRAVELING,
HELPING THEM PARTY REBUILD FROM
THE GRASS UP.
ADAM: WE SPOKE TO ONE WOMAN WHO
SAID THAT ANYONE OF STATURE
COMING TO NEW HAMPSHIRE IS AN
INDICATOR OF HOW ENERGIZED
DEMOCRATS ARE RIGHT NOW.
IS THAT WHAT YOU ARE FEELING IN
TERMS OF PEOPLE WHO WANT TO LOOK
AHEAD TO ELECTIONS THAT ARE FAR
AWAY?
GOV. O'MALLEY: WHAT I AM SENSING
ACROSS THE COUNTRY IS A WELL OF
ACTIVISM.
PEOPLE WHO PERHAPS HAVE NEVER
ENGAGED BEFORE.
THAT IS WHAT OUR COUNTRY NEEDS.
HOPEFULLY, IT WILL HAPPEN IN
BOTH PARTIES.
WE ARE AT A LOW POINT IN TERMS
OF PEOPLE'S CONFIDENCE ABOUT OUR
NATION, WHERE OUR NATION IS
HEADED AREA THERE IS NO REASON
FOR THAT.
THE ONLY THING WRONG WITH OUR
POLITICS IS NOT ENOUGH GOOD
PEOPLE TRIED.
I THINK YOU WILL SEE A LOT OF
CANDIDATES RUNNING FOR OFFICE
FOR THE FIRST TIME.
ADAM: WE SEE THE PRESIDENT
HITTING THE 100 DAY MARK.
WHAT IS YOUR ASSESSMENT SO FAR?
GOV. O'MALLEY: I BELIEVE THE
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS ONE
WHOSE MALICE HAS IN TEMPERATE BY
THEIR OWN -- TEMPERED BY THEIR
OWN INCOMPETENCE.
IT HAS BEEN 100 DAYS, BUT IT
FEELS LONGER THAN THAT.
I THINK WE ARE IN FOR
CHALLENGING DAYS AHEAD FOR THE
REPUBLIC.
LET US HOPE THAT OUR COUNTRY
LEARNS EVERYDAY FROM THIS
EXPERIENCE AND THAT WE CORRECT
THIS MISTAKE WHEN WE NEXT HAVE
THE OPPORTUNITY.
AND BY THE TIME WE CORRECT THIS
MISTAKE, WE WILL BE IN THE
MIDTERMS.
ADAM: IS THERE A TIME WHEN YOU
HAVE THROWN THE NEWSPAPER OR
CROSSED THE ROOM BECAUSE OF A
POLICY YOU HAVE FOUND
TROUBLESOME?
GOV. O'MALLEY: AS SOMEONE WHO
WAS AWARE OF THE FACT THAT MY
MOST -- OWN PEOPLE WERE MOSTLY
IMMIGRANTS FROM IRELAND AND
GERMANY, I AM MOST CONCERNED AND
OUTRAGED AT THE IMMIGRANT
ROUNDUP THAT IS HAPPENING IN OUR
NAME, PUTTING WOMEN AND
CHILDREN, MOMS AND DADS, IN
THESE IMMIGRATION INTERNMENT
CAMPS.
IT IS APPALLING AND RUNS AGAINST
EVERYTHING THAT OUR COUNTRY AND
THE STATUE OF LIBERTY
SYMBOLIZES.
ADAM: SOMEONE ASKED WHO WILL BE
THE PROGRESSIVE LEADER IN THIS
RACE?
IF YOU DECIDE TO RUN, DO YOU
CHANGE THE MESSAGE AT ALL, SHIFT
AND TRY TO RECAPTURE THOSE
PEOPLE WHO WENT TOWARDS SENATOR
SANDERS?
GOV. O'MALLEY: I THINK THAT THE
OVERALL -- THE MESSAGE OF THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY NEEDS TO BE
ABOUT THE ACTIONS THAT WILL
STRENGTHEN AND GROW OUR MIDDLE
CLASS.
THAT IS WHO WE ARE AS A PARTY.
THAT IS THE WAY I GOVERNED.
THIS YEAR'S RACE HAD A HARD TIME
OPENING OF ANY OXYGEN IN THAT
PARTICULAR MAKES, BUT IN THE
NEXT RACE, I THINK YOU SEE A LOT
OF CANDIDATES STEPPING UP.
SOME WILL HAVE ZERO EXPERIENCE.
OTHERS WILL HAVE ACTUALLY DONE
THESE THINGS IN OFFICE AND BE
ABLE TO GIVE TO PEOPLE AT LEAST
THAT EXPERIENCE OF A TRACK
RECORD IN GETTING THINGS DONE.
A PITHIER RUN AND THAT IS THIS
-- THE GREAT ANXIETY IN OUR
COUNTRY IS THE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE
WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING HARDER
THAN THEY EVER HAVE AND NOT
SEEING THEIR WAGES GO UP.
EVERYTHING WE ARE ABOUT AS A
PARTY HAS TO BE STRENGTHENING
THE MIDDLE CLASS, MAKING WAGES
GO UP AND NOT DOWN.
THE ACTIONS AND POLICY CHOICES
THAT AS DEMOCRATS WE BELIEVE WE
HAVE TO MAKE HAPPEN.
THE THINGS DONALD TRUMP IS DOING
WILL NOT MAKE WAGES GO UP.
OVER TIME, PEOPLE WILL FIGURE
THAT OUT.
WE HAVE TO TELL THAT BETTER
STORY OF HOW EVERYONE WHO WORKS
HARD CAN GET AHEAD.
ADAM: YOU MENTIONED THESE
WORKING-CLASS DEMOCRATS WHO
PERHAPS VOTED FOR TRUMP.
IN THE CITY OF CLAREMONT, THEY
HAD GONE FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA BY
ABOUT 6%-40%.
THAT CITY VOTED FOR TRUMP.
WHAT IS THE MESSAGE FOR THOSE
WHO MAY HAVE VOTED FOR TRUMP BUT
ARE NOMINALLY DEMOCRATS?
GOV. O'MALLEY: THE MESSAGE IS
SAID.
THAT GREAT NUMBERS OF AMERICANS
ARE FED UP WITH ALL TAKES AN
HOUR INABILITY TO GET THINGS
DONE -- GREAT NUMBERS OF
AMERICANS ARE FED UP WITH OUR
INABILITY TO GET THINGS DONE.
WE HAVE TO MAKE WAGES GO UP, WE
HAVE TO CAPTURE NEW TECHNOLOGIES
TO CREATE NEW OPPORTUNITIES.
THESE THINGS DO NOT HAPPEN BY
THEMSELVES.
WE HAVE TO HARNESS CHANGE AND
MAKE IT OUR OWN.
OUR COUNTRY STRONGER SO WE CAN
GIVE BACK TO OUR KIDS AND
GRANDKIDS.
THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT
HAPPENS BECAUSE WE HOPE OR WISH
IT BY MERELY PROTESTING.
WE HAVE TO BUILD AND TAKE
ACTION.
ADAM: HAVING DONE THIS ONCE IN
26, YOU SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN
IOWA AND NEW HAMPSHIRE.
WHAT IS IT ABOUT THE NEW
HAMPSHIRE VOTER THAT MAKES THEM
GOOD AT DISCERNING WHO SHOULD BE
THE NEXT LEADER OF THE FREE
WORLD?
GOV. O'MALLEY: ONE OF THE
BEAUTIES OF NEW HAMPSHIRE IS
PEOPLE EXPECT TO SEE THE
CANDIDATES UP CLOSE.
PERSONAL.
BE ABLE TO LOOK THEM IN THE EYE.
BE ABLE TO SHAKE THEIR HAND.
THERE IS A LOT OF INTUITIVE
SIGNALS THAT WE PICK UP AS HUMAN
BEINGS.
AND JUST TALKING WITH OTHER
HUMAN BEINGS.
I FEEL THAT PERSONAL SORT OF
DEMOCRACY IS SOMETHING THAT IS
REFRESHING.
AND WHAT NEW HAMPSHIRE HAS TO
OFFER OUR COUNTRY.
IT IS SOMETHING THAT MAKES OUR
COUNTRY STRONGER, THAT WE STILL
HAVE STATES WHERE THE CANDIDATE
CAN MAKE THE ROUNDS AND MEET