AND BUILD BELICHICK JOBS IN MY
ADMINISTRATION TO GET THEM OUT
OF THE NFL.
JOSH: DEMOCRAT MARTIN O'MALLEY
HAD A SPECIAL GUEST ON THE DAY
HE JOINED US FOR "CANDIDATE
CAFÉ."
THAT WAS HIS SON WILLIAM.
O'MALLEY SAID IT WAS HIS PARENTS
WHO GAVE HIM A PASSION FOR
PUBLIC SERVICE.
HE SAYS IT'S A TRADITION HE
HOPES TO PASS ON TO HIS OWN
KIDS.
I AM A TRUE IN TODAY.
JOSH: MARTIN O'MALLEY'S SON
WILLIAM MADE THIS "CANDIDATE
CAFÉ" A FAMILY AFFAIR.
ARE YOU ENJOYING THIS?
WE'RE DOING PRETTY WELL.
GOVERNOR O'MALLEY: WE RARELY GET
FED.
WE RARELY HAVE THIS MANY NICE
PEOPLE AROUND US.
[LAUGHTER]
JOSH: 18 YEARS OLD?
I JUST TURNED 18.
JOSH: DOES HAVING YOUR DAD RUN
FOR PRESIDENT HELP YOU WITH YOUR
SELF -- YOUR DATING LIFE?
[LAUGHTER]
[NO AUDIO]
I WOULDN'T SAY THE IMMEDIATE
SOCIAL IMPACTS AT SCHOOL HAVE
BEEN POSITIVE.
I HAVE A TIGHTLY KNIT, WELL
ORGANIZED YOUNG DEMOCRATS CLUB
THAT TRIES TO STAY INVOLVED.
WE BEAT THE REPUBLICANS INTERNET
EVERY WEEK, NOT THAT ANYONE IS
COUNTING.
GOVERNOR O'MALLEY: I THINK THEY
WERE ASKING ABOUT YOUR DATING
LIFE.
JOSH: IT'S HIS SON WHO HAS
STEPPED UP ON THE CAMPAIGN
TRAIL.
GOVERNOR O'MALLEY: MY WIFE IS A
JUDGE.
KATIE HAS BEEN ON THE DISTRICT
COURT OF MARYLAND FOR 14 YEARS,
AND SHE IS A FAR BETTER LAWYER
THAN I EVER WAS, WHICH IS WHY
SHE IS A JUDGE.
BECAUSE SHE IS A JUDGE, SHE IS
NOT ALLOWED TO CAMPAIGN, BUT
WILLIAM COMES OUT ALL THE TIME.
NOBODY HAS BEEN BETTER IN TERMS
OF TIME ON THE ROAD THAN WILLIAM
HAS.
HE SENT ME AN E-MAIL.
I WAS IN IOWA, AND HE SENT ME A
TEXT AND SAID, DAD, I'M SPEAKING
TOMORROW TO 200 DEMOCRATS -- WAS
IT STAFFORD COUNTY?
I THINK IT WAS JASPER.
GOVERNOR O'MALLEY: HE SAYS, I'M
SPEAKING TO ABOUT 200 DEMOCRATS.
I'M SPEAKING ON THE STAGE RIGHT
AFTER BERNIE SANDERS.
THE NEXT SENTENCE WAS, YES, YOU
READ THAT LAST SENTENCE CORRECT.
JOSH: SOMETIMES, MARTIN
O'MALLEY'S MOTHER LIKES TO GET
INVOLVED.
GOVERNOR O'MALLEY: SOMETIMES
WHEN I USE SALTY LANGUAGE ON
SALT -- ON SOCIAL MEDIA, SHE
SCOLDED ME ONCE AND SAID, YOU
SHOULDN'T HAVE USE THAT WORD.
ALL MY FRIENDS SAY THEY SAW YOU
USE THAT WORD ON "FACEPAGE."
[LAUGHTER]
I SAID, MOM, WHAT IS "FACEPAGE"?
JOSH: ALL KIDDING ASIDE, HE
CREDITS HIS PARENTS FOR THE
BIGGEST REASON WHERE HE IS
TODAY.
GOVERNOR O'MALLEY: THE PEOPLE
WHO INSPIRED ME TO GET INTO
PUBLIC SERVICE WERE FIRST AND
FOREMOST MY PARENTS.
MY PARENTS WERE BORN INTO THE
GREAT DEPRESSION AND WERE PART
OF THAT GENERATION TOM BROKAW
CALLED "THE GREATEST
GENERATION," BUT THE COOLEST
THING ABOUT THE GENERATION TO ME
WAS THAT THEY NEVER TAKE THAT
TITLE THEMSELVES.
THEY TAUGHT US AS KID THAT EVERY
-- AS KIDS THAT EVERY GENERATION
OF AMERICANS HAS A
RESPONSIBILITY AND OPPORTUNITY
TO ACCOMPLISH GREAT THINGS.
THEY TAUGHT THE SIX OF US TO
LOVE GOD, LOVE OUR COUNTRY, AND
LOVE OUR FAMILY.
THEY ALSO TAUGHT US SOMETHING
ELSE THAT IS A LITTLE LESS
COMMON, AND THAT IS THAT
POLITICS IS AN HONORABLE AND
NOBLE ACTIVITY, A NOBLE SERVICE
AND THAT ALL OF US NEED TO BE
ENGAGED AND INVOLVED.
THAT IS HOW OUR COUNTRY WORKS.
JOSH: O'MALLEY SAYS IT WAS HIS
TIME AS A PROSECUTOR THAT MADE
HIM DECIDE TO RUN FOR OFFICE.
GOVERNOR O'MALLEY: I RAN IN 1990
FOR STATE SENATE AFTER BEING
FRUSTRATED AS A PROSECUTOR
SEEING THE SAME PROBLEMS, AND I
LOST THAT RACE BY 20 VOTES ON
THE ABSENTEE BALLOTS.
NOT THAT I REMEMBER.
THE NEXT YEAR, THERE WAS A SEAT
OPEN ON THE BALTIMORE CITY
COUNCIL.
I HADN'T THOUGHT I WOULD BE
EFFECTIVE IN MUNICIPAL
GOVERNMENT, BUT IT TURNS OUT
THAT WAS A MUCH BETTER PLACEMENT
FOR MY ENERGIES THAN THE STATE
SENATE MIGHT HAVE BEEN.
BEING OF SERVICE TO OTHERS, ALL
OF US HAVE A NEED TO BE NEEDED,
DON'T WAIT?
IT'S A BASIC HUMAN NEED TO BE
NEEDED.
WE HOPE IN OUR OWN DISCERNMENT
PROCESS ABOUT WHERE OUR TALENTS
ARE BEST USED THAT WE CAN BE OF
SERVICE TO OTHERS.
I CAN'T IMAGINE SPENDING MY
ENERGIES ON ANYTHING THAT COULD
OF MADE ME HAPPIER OR WHERE I
WOULD'VE TOUCHED AS MANY PEOPLE
IN AS MANY POSITIVE WAYS AS I
HAVE, DOING WHAT I WAS DOING,
NOT BECAUSE TIMES WERE EASY BUT
BECAUSE TIMES WERE DIFFICULT.
JOSH: THERE WERE MANY CHALLENGES
HE FACED AS HE MADE HIS WAY
THROUGH THE RANKS OF POLITICAL
LIFE IN MARYLAND, ALWAYS FEELING
A COLIN TO STAY INVOLVED.
GOVERNOR O'MALLEY: I TOLD MY
WIFE, YOU'VE GOT TO LET ME TRY.
I CAN LIVE WITH LOSING.
I CAN'T LIVE WITH NOT TRYING AND
KNOWING THAT HUNDREDS AND
HUNDREDS OF YOUNG MEN DIED FOR
NO REASON BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE
THE WILLINGNESS TO TRY.
JOSH: AND HE DID TRY.
HE WAS NOT ONLY MAYOR OF
BALTIMORE BUT GOVERNOR OF
MARYLAND, A BUSY LIFE, ALTHOUGH
HE DID HAVE SOME FUN.
HE WAS, AFTER ALL, IN A BAND.
GOVERNOR O'MALLEY: WHEN I WAS IN
HIGH SCHOOL, I FELL INTO PLAY
MUSIC WITH THE FOOTBALL COACH AT
THE SCHOOL, AND AT THE TIME,
THERE WERE SEVEN FULL-TIME IRISH
BARS IN THE AREA AND ONLY THREE
FULL-TIME BANDS.
WE WEREN'T VERY GOOD, BUT WE
STARTED GETTING HIRED.
[LAUGHTER]
WE DID THE SAME 20 SONGS EVERY
NIGHT.
FROM THE AGE OF 17, I WAS
PLAYING IN BARS, SOMETIMES THREE
OR FOUR NIGHTS A WEEK.
THERE WERE FOUR OF US, AND WHEN
THEY GOT OLDER AND GOT MARRIED,
THEIR WIVES DIDN'T THINK THE
BAND WAS AS COOL AS THEY DID
WHEN THEY WERE GIRLFRIENDS.
I WENT SOLO FOR A WHILE AND
STARTED UP ANOTHER BAND CALLED
O'MALLEY'S MARCH.
THAT WAS A TRIO, BUT IN ITS
LATEST ITERATION, THERE ARE
SEVEN OF US.
WHEN I WAS MAYOR, I WAS ABLE TO
PLAY PRETTY REGULARLY.
WHEN YOU ARE MAYOR, EVERYTHING
IS NEAR.
I COULD MAKE A BLACK-TIE EVENT
AND STILL MANAGED TO HAVE A
BLACK T-SHIRT ON AND GET DOWN TO
MICK GETTING -- MCGEDDEN'S.
YOU ASK, IS THE BAND TOGETHER?
IT'S TOGETHER IN A VIRTUAL
SENSE.
WE HAVEN'T PLAYED TOGETHER FOR A
LONG TIME, BUT FOR US, IT'S LIKE
ROLLING OFF A LOG.
WE COULD GET TOGETHER TOMORROW