O'Malley jabs at GOP-led Congress on Iowa tour. (with video)

NEWTON, Ia. – Presidential contender Martin O'Malley offered hopeful words Friday for Democrats tired of the country's Republican-led Congress.

"I have some good news for you," he said. "I think we all have to acknowledge that we will not be here forever, and I think we can applaud the fact that this Congress will not be in office forever."

The quip drew laughs and applause from the crowd of more than 60 at Uncle Nancy's Coffee House, a shop on the Newton square with quilts covering the walls. It was an answer to a question from the audience on how O'Malley would handle partisan bickering in Congress if elected president.

O'Malley offered up — as he has often in Iowa — examples from his terms as Maryland's governor. Any good executive realizes nothing can get done without input from political opponents, he said. . .

At the Newton stop, Pella resident Cheryl Scherr said she's quickly pivoted to support O'Malley after the grassroots campaign prodding Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren to run folded. Scherr was enthused by O'Malley after seeing him speak at the state's Democratic convention in 2014, she said.

"I like his ideas, especially emphasizing Main Street over Wall Street," she said.

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