Washington Post
It was just short of an endorsement, but Gov. Martin O'Malley left little doubt yesterday about which Democrat he plans to back for president in 2008.
O'Malley (D) said that he is "very much inclined to support" Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) during a noon appearance on "The Politics Program with Mark Plotkin" on Washington Post Radio.
"I think she'd make a great president of the United States," O'Malley said of Clinton, whose homeland security credentials he praised.
In past discussions of the subject, O'Malley has noted that he was grateful for the support Hillary and Bill Clinton offered during his run for governor last year. The former president cut a TV ad in the closing days of the race asking voters to support O'Malley.
During yesterday's radio appearance, O'Malley tried to deflect questions about whether he would be accept an offer to be Clinton's running mate in 2008. "I have no interest in being vice president," he eventually allowed.
Later in the show, O'Malley said -- perhaps in jest, perhaps not -- that he would jump at a chance to join U2, a rock band from Ireland. For years, O'Malley fronted a Celtic band, O'Malley's March, which reunited to play at his inaugural gala in January.
-- John Wagner
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