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Hillary Clinton’s invoking of 9/11 to defend donations draws ire

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Hillary Rodham Clinton defended her campaign contributions from Wall Street by invoking her work to help the financial sector rebuild after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, raising eyebrows among her Democratic challengers and Republicans alike. During Saturday’s second Democratic debate, Clinton was put on the defensive by rival Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders when he said Wall Street had been the major contributor to her campaigns. “Now maybe they’re dumb and they don’t know what they’re going to get, but I…

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Martin O’Malley appears closer to challenging Hillary Clinton

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With Hillary Clinton‘s email issues dominating national political press coverage, more than a few Democrats are pondering the fact that so far, they don’t have a backup plan if her candidacy goes astray. But that might be changing soon. Today on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley discussed his vision of the future, as well as his attributes that would make him an attractive candidate if he decides to run in 2016. “Most years there’s the inevitable front…

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