2016 Campaign Checklist: O'Malley

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) -- A look at Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley's preparations for a potential 2016 presidential campaign:

Nondenial denial: "By the end of this year, we're on course to have a body of work that lays the framework of the candidacy for 2016," O'Malley said in August 2013 in an acknowledgment of presidential ambition that is rare in the field. He's said little publicly since: "I'm thinking about it." -- CNN, January.

Book: No. "I'm very busy doing what I'm doing," O'Malley said in November 2013. "Where would I ever find the time to do something like that?"
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