Sanders backs DNC chair's primary opponent
Source: Politico
Bernie Sanders says he is supporting the primary opponent of Democratic National Committee chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz.
Sanders, speaking to CNNs Jake Tapper in an interview airing Sunday on "State of the Union," said, well, clearly, I favor her opponent. His views are much closer to mine than as to Wasserman Schultzs.
Tim Canova is challenging Wasserman Schultz in Floridas 23rd congressional district, which holds its primary on Aug. 30.
Sanders also told Tapper that if he were to be elected president, he wouldnt want Wasserman Schultz leading the DNC. His remarks come amid a longstanding feud between Sanders and the Democratic party apparatus during the Vermont senator's run for the presidential nomination against Hillary Clinton.
POLITICO Florida reported last week that Canova is on pace to raise $1 million since he entered the race officially on Jan. 7.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/bernie-sanders-debbie-wasserman-schultz-primary-223443
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)billhicks76
(5,082 posts)Democrats keep pointing out that Bernie isnt a real Democrat and is an independent. They should bite their tongue. Imagine if Bernie didnt run in this primary and instead ran as an independent. That would assure a Clinton loss in the general. Clintonites shouldnt act so spoiled because its turning them and their judgement rotten.
ananda
(28,876 posts)He is such a jewel.
Zorro
(15,749 posts)and he could probably use one, from what I've been reading.
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)I believe she needs to find another line of work.
brewens
(13,622 posts)phazed0
(745 posts)Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)SCantiGOP
(13,873 posts)Congrats.
Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)Not my fault ifg you don't know shit about the person you root for, man. Seems to be a pattern with some people.
bvar22
(39,909 posts)She should have been fired in 2008.
The fact that she wasn't raises many questions about our Party Leadership.
In 2008 Debbie Wasserman Schultz refused to endorse these 3 Democrats
who had won their Primaries and had a chance to win Republican seats:
Miami-Dade Democratic Party Chair Joe Garcia
Former Hialeah Democratic Mayor Raul Martinez
Democratic businesswoman Annette Taddeo
All three had won their local Democratic Primaries, and were challenging Hard Core Republican incumbents with whom Wasserman-Schultz had become cozy.
Not only did the head of the DCCC Red to Blue Program REFUSE to endorse these Democratic challengers,
but she appeared in person at at least one (possibly more) Campaign/Fundraiser for their Republican opponents.
FL-18, FL-21, FL-25: Wasserman Schultz Wants Dem Challengers to Lose
by: James L.
Sun Mar 09, 2008 at 7:15 PM EDT
<snip>
Sensing a shift in the political climate of the traditionally solid-GOP turf of the Miami area, Democrats have lined up three strong challengers -- Miami-Dade Democratic Party chair Joe Garcia, former Hialeah Mayor Raul Martinez, and businesswoman Annette Taddeo to take on Reps. Mario Diaz-Balart, Lincoln Diaz-Balart and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, respectively.
While there is an enormous sense of excitement and optimism surrounding these candidacies, some Democratic lawmakers, including Florida Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Kendrick Meek, are all too eager to kneecap these Democratic challengers right out of the starting gate in the spirit of "comity" and "bipartisan cooperation" with their Republican colleagues:
But as three Miami Democrats look to unseat three of her South Florida Republican colleagues, Wasserman Schultz is staying on the sidelines. So is Rep. Kendrick Meek, a Miami Democrat and loyal ally to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
This time around, Wasserman Schultz and Meek say their relationships with the Republican incumbents, Reps. Lincoln Diaz-Balart and his brother Mario, and Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, leave them little choice but to sit out the three races.
"At the end of the day, we need a member who isn't going to pull any punches, who isn't going to be hesitant," Wasserman Schultz said.
Now, you'd expect this kind of bullshit from a backbencher like Alcee Hastings, but you wouldn't expect this kind of behavior from the co-chair of the DCCC's Red to Blue program, which is the position that Wasserman Schultz currently holds. Apparently, Debbie did not get Rahm's memo about doing whatever it takes to win:
The national party, enthusiastic about the three Democratic challengers, has not yet selected Red to Blue participants. But Wasserman Schultz has already told the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee that if any of the three make the cut, another Democrat should be assigned to the race.
http://www.swingstateproject.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=1537
The bloggers also are furious with Rep. Kendrick B. Meek (D-Fla.), who similarly refuses to endorse the Democratic challengers to the three Cuban American Republicans.
They are calling for Wasserman Schultz to step down from her leadership role at the DCCC. And they're not letting up, even after one Florida liberal blogger reported that the congresswoman seemed "frustrated" by the blogs and had asked to "please help get them off my back."
This prompted even harsher reaction from perhaps the most influential of the progressive political bloggers, Markos Moulitsas, a.k.a. Kos, founder of Daily Kos, who wrote on his blog Wednesday: "On so many fronts, the Republicans are standing in the way of progress, on Iraq, SCHIP, health care, fiscal responsibility, corruption, civil liberties, and so on. Those three south Florida Republicans are part of that problem. And she's (Wasserman-Schultz) going to be 'frustrated' that people demand she do her job?"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/19/AR2008031903410_3.html
Here are Kos comments on the Wasserman-Schultz betrayal of the Democratic Party:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/03/20/480511/-DCCC-Says-Uproar-Over-DWS-Recusal-Much-Ado-About-Nothing
A lot of time has passed since 2008, but I don't take these kinds of betrayals lightly. Now I find that DWS has been PROMOTED from Chair of the Red to Blue Program
to Chair of the DNC. She must be making the "Centrist" Democratic Leadership VERY HAPPY if they are rewarding THIS kind of Party Treason.
bvar22
Cursed with a memory
With "partners" like this, we don't need Republicans!
raging moderate
(4,309 posts)Thank you.
nxylas
(6,440 posts)...why wouldn't they support the person responsible for rigging the election in their candidate's favour? Yes, one possible answer might be that they'd prefer their candidate to win fairly, but we all know that most Hillary supporters (at least the ones on DU) don't think that way.
QC
(26,371 posts)ReRe
(10,597 posts)... since you brought it up, brooklynite, here's his actblue page if anyone is interested in supporting his run against DW-S!
https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/page/du4timcanova
pangaia
(24,324 posts)SusanCalvin
(6,592 posts)jeff47
(26,549 posts)Perhaps her record of continuous, massive losses should be an indication that someone else should have the job.
MisterP
(23,730 posts)LibDemAlways
(15,139 posts)Republicans elected. Dems, not so much.
MisterP
(23,730 posts)from primarying them and forbids Dems from challenging the Diaz-Balart-Ros-Lehtinen clownshow
Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)RufusTFirefly
(8,812 posts)SCantiGOP
(13,873 posts)She is backing the republican who will run against her?
RufusTFirefly
(8,812 posts)It was an attempt at satire. Taking her occasional backing of Republicans to a humorous extreme.
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)Long past time for DWS to go.
ActBlue
Democratic Underground for Tim Canova FL-23
https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/page/du4timcanova
ucrdem
(15,512 posts)Equinox Moon
(6,344 posts)Plucketeer
(12,882 posts)We've had that crap pushed on us for decades and we only get mired deeper to the Right. Screw that! What part of Revolution don't you comprehend?
I am gonna think long and hard if by some twisted fate, Bernie's convinced to run as an independent. If he DOES THAT..... I'll take out a loan for the maximum I can give to him to support such a run.
ucrdem
(15,512 posts)In fact it might help in a close race by splitting the anti-Clinton vote. Remember Ross Perot?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=2017084
truebluegreen
(9,033 posts)ucrdem
(15,512 posts)Think about it. But there's a longer discussion in the GDP link I posted above.
truebluegreen
(9,033 posts)Plucketeer
(12,882 posts)and Sanders are the same? Proceed governor.....
ucrdem
(15,512 posts)Hating the Clintons is a force that gives us meaning.
AntiBank
(1,339 posts)at deep structural levels, and hating the corporatist system they embody, THAT is what drives progressives.
greiner3
(5,214 posts)A.k.a. Whats her name syndrome
Kall
(615 posts)Will report back if that changes. Don't hold your breath, I'm not a fan of either the payday loan industry or her performance as DNC chair.
Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)nt
mudstump
(342 posts)SCantiGOP
(13,873 posts)Or just like posting stuff like "think
I'll send more money."
Last week I saw one guy post "sending another $27 to Bernie" three times in two hours.
Not saying anybody is exaggerating; maybe that guy has a Super PAC.
AlbertCat
(17,505 posts)Wow! Freakin' $81.00! Only the rich could afford that! How is he gonna eat for the rest of the month????
SCantiGOP
(13,873 posts)You really think he was sending donations every half hour in response to posts he disagreed with?
pmorlan1
(2,096 posts)Well Clinton sure can't seem to persuade them.
AlbertCat
(17,505 posts).... this?
greiner3
(5,214 posts)As my monthly $27 donations are a lot more of a percentage of my income than her lobbyist friends' $1,000+ you owe me now
Fuddnik
(8,846 posts)On top of my regular monthly donations, and extra donations.
But, I'm just working for beer, golf, and Bernie money.
jwirr
(39,215 posts)supporters. We have been donating to Tim for a long time already.
Duval
(4,280 posts)Good for Sanders! Time to give more to both.
cantbeserious
(13,039 posts)eom
onehandle
(51,122 posts)cali
(114,904 posts)AlbertCat
(17,505 posts)Is Debbie planning to sabotage his campaign with exclusion, nepotism and dirty tricks too?
think
(11,641 posts)AlbertCat
(17,505 posts)So.... yes is the answer to my question.
mainer
(12,029 posts)I want DWS GONE.
840high
(17,196 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)BlueMTexpat
(15,373 posts)bigwillq
(72,790 posts)I support Bernie on this one.
Henhouse
(646 posts)Senator Al Giordano
?@AlGiordano
Wait. Does Debbie Wasserman-Schultz's primary opponent even want the endorsement of the guy who recently lost her district 75-25?
LS_Editor
(893 posts)scottie55
(1,400 posts)Starting with DWS.
liberalnarb
(4,532 posts)In fact shes been anything but.
Ferd Berfel
(3,687 posts)After supporting $300% loan sharks she needs to go away and back to the republican party
libodem
(19,288 posts)dpatbrown
(368 posts)And I hope he starts throwing his weight around much more often. As soon as the DMC head is gone, the better off we progressives will be.
CentralMass
(15,265 posts)Nyan
(1,192 posts)Third Doctor
(1,574 posts)RogerM
(150 posts)Sanders lost the congressional district in Florida in March when the state held its presidential primary earning 30 percent to Hillary Clintons 69 percent.
Betty Karlson
(7,231 posts)And may the whole DINO-assinine stable follow her on her way out.
quakerboy
(13,921 posts)bemildred
(90,061 posts)FlaGranny
(8,361 posts)desperate-sounding e-mails from DWS daily. She is quite upset that she is being challenged.
KeepItReal
(7,769 posts)question everything
(47,535 posts)actively campaigned against Democrats, wanted someone to challenge Obama in 2012.... why should he change now?
think
(11,641 posts)question everything
(47,535 posts)to inform elected officials. One cannot expect every elected officials to be well versed in all the details of a proposed law. If they are, they are charlatans.
In an ideal world, elected officials would be listening to lobbyists, study the issues and then make their own decision on how to vote.
think
(11,641 posts)That's why too big to fail banks can become felons and the government just quietly changes the laws so they can continue working with the government even though the banks have been caught rigging markets.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/obama-hud-big-banks_us_55c4f2f2e4b0923c12bcc4b1
That's why over half of Senators and over 40% of our congress people become lobbyists.
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130819/00581624225/50-retiring-senators-now-become-lobbyists-up-3-few-decades-ago.shtml
The system is corrupt and corporate lobbying & corruption is at the heart of it.
So no. In a perfect world lobbying would be tightly controlled and public corruption would be prosecuted....
cui bono
(19,926 posts)Bernie always makes the choices that are good for the people.
DWS is a Republican backing, payday lending supporting, biased lyingt politician and needs to be voted out of office and fired as head of the DNC.
.