I had forgotten about this, but it seems more appropriate today than ever. In 2012, then Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley delivered the Keynote Address to the Maine Democratic Party Convention, and made himself available to the news media immediately afterward.
Just hours before he was to speak, operatives associated with Maine Republican Gov. Paul LePage issued a press release attacking O'Malley. When asked about it, O'Malley said:
"Some of these Tea Party new age Republican governors like LePage worship the false idol of tax cuts. The fact of the matter is that our nation's deficit problem is 55% percent of it is driven by tax cuts primarily benefiting the wealthiest of Americans."
The entire thing is worth watching, as O'Malley fields a variety of questions and speaks thoughtfully to all of them: