article_snippet.sent: Martin O'Malley is a former mayor and Maryland governor who seems most at home when Martin O'Malley is pressing the flesh at events and introducing Martin O'Malley to anyone who would extend their hand.
article_snippet.sent: Before the event, Martin O'Malley confidently cruised the union hall.
article_snippet.sent: Martin O'Malley took selfies with young environmental activists and chatted with sometimes tepid supporters who admitted young environmental activists other political allegiances.
article_snippet.sent: Martin O'Malley smiled, "Thanks a lot.
article_snippet.sent: As Jim Webb cut into Jim Webb sizable helping of pork, Martin O'Malley was standing directly behind Jim Webb, shaking hands.
article_snippet.sent: The former Virginia senator, after possibly seeing Martin O'Malley making the rounds, did stand up and shake hands with a few of the diehard Democratic activists in the room.
article_snippet.sent: When Webb and O'Malley passed each other in a Des Moines hotel lobby on Friday morning, it was the first time the two had met.
article_snippet.sent: Martin O'Malley, on the other hand, gave a speech littered with intentional applause lines.
article_snippet.sent: As the event wound down, Jim Webb and Martin O'Malley stuck around to shake more hands and meet people.
article_snippet.sent: O'Malley, who spent the previous day in Iowa, left Friday night for New York.