Tom Carper

Gov. Martin O’Malley on in the Capitol with his mother, Barbara who is a receptionist for U.S. Sen. Barbara Mikulski.: Politicker Photo

WASHINGTON – Gov. Martin O’Malley testified to the U.S. Senate
Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, and International Security on Thursday.

Committee Chair U.S. Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) interviewed O’Malley about performance based evaluation systems, specifically StateStat and CitiStat. O’Malley was a key architect of both programs.

O’Malley emphasized the government’s ability to track “inputs,” such as public funding. However, the governor also pointed to the need for state and federal government to monitor “outputs,” which would effectively publicize how government in making use of the inputs.

Following a meeting held yesterday with Senators Tom Harkin, Jon Tester, Tom Carper and Ken Salazar, the Rocky Mountain News reports that Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Baltimore) is set to attend another, larger gathering of the Senate's undeclared Democratic superdelegates.

The meeting will not take place until Wednesday, implying that Cardin's endorsement will likely not come tonight. Yet Harkin, who allegedly brought the group together, told the paper that he is unsure whether the group will end up voting as a block.

This all may change, as an AP newsflash reports that Hillary Clinton campaign officials say the Senator will acknowledge that Sen. Barack Obama has enough delegates for the nomination during her New York speech tonight.