--- title: Democratic Debate: See Martin O'Malley's Sad Puppy Face description: Martin O'Malley wasn't too happy Sunday about his speaking time at the Democratic debate, giving moderators the puppy dog face. canonical: https://time.com/4184055/democratic-debate-martin-omalley-sad-face/ author: Daniel White article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-01-18T04:24:03.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:46:42.498Z article:section: Politics og:title: See Martin O'Malley's Sad Puppy Face as He Asks for More Debate Time og:description: "Can I get 30 seconds too?" og:url: https://time.com/4184055/democratic-debate-martin-omalley-sad-face/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte9a0a2345e18fa43/698879842dce0160649e7631/democratic-debate-martin-omalley-002.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: CHARLESTON, SC - JANUARY 17: Democratic presidential candidate Martin O'Malley participates in the Democratic Candidates Debate hosted by NBC News and YouTube on January 17, 2016 in Charleston, South Carolina. 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Andrew Burton—Getty Images by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Jan 18, 2016 4:24 AM UTC Martin O’Malley wasn’t too happy about the [amount of speaking time](http://time.com/4183952/democratic-debate-full-text-hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders/) he got at [Sunday’s Democratic debate](http://time.com/4183625/democratic-debate-hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders). In an effort to get more time, the former Maryland governor repeatedly interrupted the other candidates, finally asking moderator Lester Holt, who was speaking to Hillary Clinton, “Can I get 30 seconds too?” O’Malley then deployed a facial expression most commonly used by pouting dogs, or toddlers, to get what they want — eventually earning some additional speaking time. As the last [debate](http://time.com/4183949/democratic-debate-fourth-charleston-poll-survey) before the Iowa caucus, this was a last chance of sorts for O’Malley to gain a national spotlight for his struggling campaign. O’Malley is polling around 2% nationally and at an average of 5% in Iowa, according to a polling average compiled by RealClearPolitics. 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