Wasserman Schultz fights to keep her job

[left-of-center2012]

Source: The Hill

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) is fighting to stay on as head of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) amid a roiling debate within her party about whether she should step aside before the Democratic National Convention in July.

Wasserman Schultz’s future as DNC chairwoman was called into question late Tuesday after The Hill reported that senators have privately discussed whether she should resign. Some argue such a move could mollify supporters of Bernie Sanders after a bitter primary fight against Hillary Clinton.

Wasserman Schultz and her allies say she’s served as an impartial umpire in the Clinton-Sanders race ...
But even some lawmakers who support Clinton think Wasserman Schultz has shown favoritism. They say that has made it more difficult to unify the party ...

But some Democrats wonder how easy it will be to get the spotlight off Wasserman Schultz at the convention if Sanders backers are still riled up by late July.
“The role of the DNC chair is always a supportive role, not a starring role, and I think that, because of what has occurred, it’s hard for her to avoid a starring role,” Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.)

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/281307-wasserman-schultz-fights-to-keep-her-job

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[dubyadiprecession]

1. No, we need to keep debbie...

She is more valuable than that socialist trying to take over the Democratic party.

[warrprayer]

3. Yes, we should keep her...

As far away from control of the party as possible.

[billhicks76]

47. Bernie Picking Up More Votes In Oregon

Great article.
https://johnlaurits.com/2016/05/20/update-the-oregon-primary-strikes-back/

[warrprayer]

69. Thanks

For the article!

[TheBlackAdder]

19. The 'socialist' dog whistle. Democrats using that as a negativism, jeopardizing future programs.

.


The blindness of some Democrats to go all F. A. Hayek on socialism, which is a foundation of most programs.


Keep denigrating that term, just for the sole purpose of affecting one candidate, that will have future repercussions.


Down the road, anyone proposing grand programs will be called a socialist, since Dems will even view it negatively.


.

[Triana]

23. You've been spouting the ignorant "socialist" epithet and promoting voting for Trump . . .

all over this board. Yep. I looked.

434 of your 691 or so posts here since 2002 have been made in the past 90 days.

Interesting.

[bunnies]

60. I think DU has a new mascot.

[bjobotts]

24. Yes her support of the payday loan industry deregulation legislation tells what her price is

She wants the money corporate people to run the party of the people. She used her position to make sure fairness was replaced by obstruction and name recognition. She has history of channeling party funds to support corporatist DINOs over progressive for the people candidates.. Let her join the republican party...it suits her better...but keep her far away from democratic party control.

[appalachiablue]

31. Lil Deb also supports racial discrimination in the car loan business. Real wreck.

[Scootaloo]

27. Well, she does get a lot of Republicans into office. So, if that's your thing, have at it.

[billhicks76]

46. Your Name Betrays You

None of us believe you no matter what you call yourself.

[billhicks76]

48. Dubya And Clinton Are Best Friends

According to each of them. Their own words. They are basically in an alliance. You should post more in the group War Profiteers For Bush and Clinton or Military Contractors For Hillary. For Real.

[hollysmom]

51. so we can lose more senate and house seats?

she is doing a lousy job. Don't you fire people who do a lousy job?

[AntiBank]

58. nice red baiting, did they teach you that at Brock U?

[Chan790]

2. Bye Deb!!

More like "good riddance!"

Support you getting fired by the DNC; support your primary opponent Tim Canova.

Wonder what you're going to do in forced retirement, but don't really care as long as your political career stays dead.

[HeartoftheMidwest]

4. Forced retirement???!!!!

....K Street beckons.

[Chan790]

11. Alas, I know the truth of this.

I...well, I have a BA and an MA from a top-10 political theory program, going to school inside DC...which makes it almost unnecessary to say that I interned in Farragut Square, DC.

Fucking evil...at-least, I was only using them to learn how to play the game. I have nothing but contempt for the peers that actually took job-offers after college there.

Despot Deb has a bright future as a corrupter of governance working on K St. if she wants it.

[bjobotts]

25. Exactly the point...K street beckons. Perfect. Thanks HeartoftheMidwest.

[Gore1FL]

35. Maybe she can ruin them too!

That would be a plus.

[840high]

22. .+1

[onecaliberal]

5. Don't let the door hit ya, where the good lord sits ya.

[NWCorona]

6. It was all good just a week ago

[Trajan]

7. I will NEVER forget or forgive McCaskill

Nor any of the other 'establishment' Democrats who shoveled huge piles of stinkiness up our asses as they slashed and burned their way through the liberal progressive electorate ...

The whole bunch of them - not one thin dime from me ...

I will only support progressive candidates, from here on out ... I now know where the establishment democratic party stands ... Somewhat closer to the Koch Brothers than regular families ...

Fuck'm ...

[bjobotts]

30. McCaskill does some good things but then equates socialism and communism in comments.

She shoots her mouth off before she understands the facts or the situation at times. Her support of Bush's war legislation on the surge but now is pushing some good legislation. Husband has made a fortune off the government contracts in housing for the poor...even sounds like a Clinton. "Government has been berry good to me". Government should never be used to enrich ones self and family without enriching everyone else as well. Oh where do the millions come from?

[Gore1FL]

36. the only thing she is good for is voting for a Senate Leader.

Roy Blunt is the only thing keeping her from being the most embarrassing MO Senator.

[Volaris]

41. The only reason she won her re-election bid is because Todd Akin is a complete idiot

Most anyone else even remotely competent at Establishment Republicanism would have cleaned her clock here in MO.
I voted for her. That doesn't mean I'm a fan.

[madokie]

8. It is said that beauty emanates from the inside out

well by the same token so is UUUgly. When I use that word I'm not referring to her looks but rather to her heart

She could care less about what is right rather she cares that she can reach a goal, only

[jalan48]

9. Maybe she can get a payday loan to help her finance her effort.

[Nyan]

34. She's got something very similar already.

Karl Rove's GOP PAC's backing her.

[NJCher]

45. Incredible

We need some journalist to take this and other evidence of repubs infiltrating the Democratic Party and expose it.

Cher

[Nyan]

10. DWS "fights" for loan sharks.

[fbc]

12. A Philadelphia convention would mean one thing for Wasserman Schultz:

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Scootaloo]

28. Oh oh, be careful

Booing someone is the height of violence.

Unlike say, beating a woman in the head and face with a door, that's apparently perfectly acceptable to some.

[SmittynMo]

13. It's time

to start letting the establishment know, we're not going to take this stupid shit anymore. Just go back and look at the last 6 years, especially around election time. She has been absolutely terrible in uniting the democrats. Her record proves it. Why do you think we lost in 14?

[deathrind]

14. If the Democratic Party

Wants to avoid a convention that goes completely south they had better replace her now. Not only has she shown that she is completely bias to one candidate she has also shown to be ill suited for the job. The number of state seats and governorships lost over the last couple of election cycles clearly demonstrates that DWS is not qualified to lead the DNC.

[TexasBushwhacker]

15. Tim Kaine had the good sense to resign after the 2010

midterms when we lost control of the House. If DWS had an honorable bone in her body she would have resigned after we lost control of the Senate in 2010. They usually only serve 3 or 4 years. She should resign rather than get fired.

[Nyan]

16. What honor? Her job was the chair of the coronation committee.

Nothing else really matters.

[weaselbit]

50. exactly

And there's also the Rove endorsement.

"Congresswoman and DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz has played a critical role over the past several years in the massive Republican gains we have achieved at the state level, in the U.S. House of Representatives, and in the U.S. Senate."

https://www.americancrossroads.org/2016/05/american-crossroads-endorses-in-florida-primary/

[Duval]

65. This is for real?

I thought it was just a joke. Can we believe anything coming out of that site?

[tabasco]

17. To have a party chair so biased and hateful of democracy makes me puke.

[Kelvin Mace]

18. There is a word for people like DWS

and that word is "collaborator". The epitome of the Vichy Democrat.

[Triana]

20. BYE Debbie. n/t

[turbinetree]

21. Think I will donate to Tim Canova----------again

at least I know what he will do to protect the working class

You Wasserman - Shultz and 20 some other "democrats" voted for TPP

Honk----------------for a political revolution Bernie 2016

[Fuddnik]

26. Likewise. And double it.

[turbinetree]

59. She and other twenty eight don't get it---------------------

they sold us out the working class to and for the suits, that think they know whats better for us and what we need to to do to get ahead --------------------------they are just so not with it, except for the greed, she and other sat or went and voted to sell out the sovereignty of a country----------------its is just amazing

Honk---------------for a political revolution Bernie 2016

[SciFiRK]

32. Yep, throwing her under the bus

will she have any regrets for sucking up to the wrong people who would stab her in the back.

[MisterP]

33. it's unearned and she's terrible at it: she should stay until 2047!

[reddread]

37. somebody has to be Hillary's VP candidate

if only they could make it to the finish line.

[Omaha Steve]

38. FIRE DWS! Donate to Democratic Underground for Tim Canova FL-23 here

DU for tim here: https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/page/du4timcanova



JPR for Tim here: https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/page/jpr4timcanova

[Duval]

66. Will do!! nt

[highprincipleswork]

39. Finally Senator McCaskill says something correct.

[mudstump]

40. Many of us liberals have been coming to terms with Hillary as the nominee, but.....

we are getting through that and now we will fight and fight hard to retake the democratic party. It is long past time to kick the DINOs out and replace them with true progressives. Bernie has awakened the left and we won't tolerate the corporatists any longer. The resignation of DWS is a good start, but its hardly all that needs to be done.

[Volaris]

42. Agreed..her leaving is the first concession we should demand, NOT the last.

[bluestateguy]

43. I'm not going to be sticking my neck out for her

Terrible spokesperson on tv. Poor scheduling of debates.

I'd give the job back to Howard Dean.

[left-of-center2012]

53. "I'd give the job back to Howard Dean"

He wouldn't be neutral. He's on TV as a strong Clinton supporter.

[runaway hero]

63. Agreed.

[ashtonelijah]

44. I don't like her as chair, but the sexism underlying many of your criticisms of her...

is worthy of Trump. I'd like a new chair, but not under the terms of bros and Men's Rights Activists. Smh.

[weaselbit]

49. Karl Rove's Super PAC endorsed her today.

Karl Rove's super PAC, American Crossroads endorsed DWS today.

Let that sink in.

A quote - "Congresswoman and DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz has played a critical role over the past several years in the massive Republican gains we have achieved at the state level, in the U.S. House of Representatives, and in the U.S. Senate."

Read it for yourself.
Here's the link: https://www.americancrossroads.org/2016/05/american-crossroads-endorses-in-florida-primary/

She's incompetent and Repubs love her.
End of story.

[NBachers]

52. This Hillary supporter is donating to Tim Canova- DWS has long been a republican Trojan horse

in the Democratic Party.

[islandmkl]

54. the numbers don't lie:

Since 2008 Democrats have lost:

69 House seats

13 Senate seats

910 Legislative seats

30 State legislative chambers

12 Governorships

[ucrdem]

55. Sounds like a Sanders gripe with universal support expressed for Debbie.

I don't see it happening. And who's supporting Sanders besides Jeff Merkel?

[islandmkl]

57. you continue to show a remarkable ability to ignore any type of fact...

if you think DWS has done a good (at best) job a Chair...i would like to see your 'standards'...you have some interesting parameters
determining success...

maybe you aren't really concerned about the health of the Democratic Party...and like the direction it has pursued the past 20 years...

well then, you'll have that...

[runaway hero]

64. You're one of 3 Hillary people

that still likes DWS.

[Drum]

61. just this:

[hollowdweller]

62. Who is leading the Dump DWS protest at the convention? I'll be there!

[sarcasmo]

67. Kick

[Vote2016]

68. Please fire her immediately