diff --git a/r2/r2/lib/db/tdb_cassandra.py b/r2/r2/lib/db/tdb_cassandra.py
index 2a8b00995..8c98fa137 100644
--- a/r2/r2/lib/db/tdb_cassandra.py
+++ b/r2/r2/lib/db/tdb_cassandra.py
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ from r2.lib import cache
 from uuid import uuid1, UUID
 from itertools import chain
 import cPickle as pickle
+from pycassa.util import OrderedDict
 
 connection_pools = g.cassandra_pools
 default_connection_pool = g.cassandra_default_pool
@@ -874,12 +875,12 @@ class ColumnQuery(object):
     """
     _chunk_size = 100
 
-    def __init__(self, cls, rowkey, column_start="", column_finish="", 
+    def __init__(self, cls, rowkeys, column_start="", column_finish="", 
                  column_count=100, column_reversed=True, 
                  column_to_obj=None,
                  obj_to_column=None):
         self.cls = cls
-        self.rowkey = rowkey
+        self.rowkeys = rowkeys
         self.column_start = column_start
         self.column_finish = column_finish
         self._limit = column_count
@@ -888,6 +889,19 @@ class ColumnQuery(object):
         self.obj_to_column = obj_to_column or self.default_obj_to_column
         self._rules = []    # dummy parameter to mimic tdb_sql queries
 
+        # Sorting for TimeUuid objects
+        if self.cls._compare_with == TIME_UUID_TYPE:
+            def sort_key(i):
+                return i.time
+        else:
+            def sort_key(i):
+                return i
+        self.sort_key = sort_key
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def combine(queries):
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
     @staticmethod
     def default_column_to_obj(columns):
         """
@@ -926,32 +940,55 @@ class ColumnQuery(object):
         self.column_reversed = False
 
     def __iter__(self, yield_column_names=False):
-        # Get the max number of columns we could grab in this query
-        total_columns = self.cls._cf.get_count(self.rowkey, 
-                                               column_start=self.column_start, 
-                                               column_finish=self.column_finish)
-        retrievable_columns = min(total_columns, self._limit)
-
         retrieved = 0
         column_start = self.column_start
-        while retrieved <= retrievable_columns:
+        while retrieved < self._limit:
             try:
-                r = self.cls._cf.get(self.rowkey, column_start=column_start,
-                                     column_finish=self.column_finish,
-                                     column_count=self._chunk_size,
-                                     column_reversed=self.column_reversed)
+                column_count = min(self._chunk_size, self._limit - retrieved)
+                if column_start:
+                    column_count += 1   # cassandra includes column_start
+                r = self.cls._cf.multiget(self.rowkeys,
+                                          column_start=column_start,
+                                          column_finish=self.column_finish,
+                                          column_count=column_count,
+                                          column_reversed=self.column_reversed)
+
+                # multiget returns OrderedDict {rowkey: {column_name: column_value}}
+                # combine into single OrderedDict of {column_name: column_value}
+                nrows = len(r.keys())
+                if nrows == 0:
+                    return
+                elif nrows == 1:
+                    columns = r.values()[0]
+                else:
+                    r_combined = {}
+                    for d in r.values():
+                        r_combined.update(d)
+                    columns = OrderedDict(sorted(r_combined.items(),
+                                                 key=lambda t: self.sort_key(t[0]),
+                                                 reverse=self.column_reversed))
             except NotFoundException:
                 return
 
             retrieved += self._chunk_size
-            columns = [{col_name: r[col_name]} for col_name in r if col_name != column_start]
+
+            if column_start:
+                try:
+                    del columns[column_start]
+                except KeyError:
+                    columns.popitem(last=True)  # remove extra column
+
             if not columns:
                 return
-            column_start = columns[-1].keys()[0]
-            objs = self.column_to_obj(columns)
+
+            # Convert to list of columns
+            l_columns = [{col_name: columns[col_name]} for col_name in columns]
+
+            column_start = l_columns[-1].keys()[0]
+            objs = self.column_to_obj(l_columns)
 
             if yield_column_names:
-                column_names = [column.keys()[0] for column in columns]
+                column_names = [column.keys()[0] for column in l_columns]
                 if len(column_names) == 1:
                     ret = (column_names[0], objs),
                 else:
@@ -965,7 +1002,7 @@ class ColumnQuery(object):
 
     def __repr__(self):
         return "<%s(%s-%r)>" % (self.__class__.__name__, self.cls.__name__, 
-                                self.rowkey)
+                                self.rowkeys)
 
 class MultiColumnQuery(object):
     def __init__(self, queries, num, sort_key=None):
@@ -1164,12 +1201,12 @@ class View(ThingBase):
         cls._set_values(rowkey, column, **kw)
 
     @classmethod
-    def query(cls, rowkey, after=None, reverse=False, count=1000):
+    def query(cls, rowkeys, after=None, reverse=False, count=1000):
         """Return a query to get objects from the underlying _view_of class."""
 
         column_reversed = not reverse   # Reverse convention for cassandra is opposite
 
-        q = cls._query_cls(cls, rowkey, column_count=count, 
+        q = cls._query_cls(cls, rowkeys, column_count=count, 
                            column_reversed=column_reversed,
                            column_to_obj=cls._column_to_obj,
                            obj_to_column=cls._obj_to_column)