Debbie Wasserman Schultz has stepped down per MSNBC

[Cooley Hurd]

Breaking now.

On edit: this will take place AFTER the convention.

[Skinner]

1. Had to happen. (nt)

[Cooley Hurd]

4. Sadly true.

[Hortensis]

13. One of her less appealing job duties, but done.

Wonder how her reelection race is coming. Amazing how little there is on local races -- this close to November, too.

[Her Sister]

2. Harassed by the Left! NOT COOL!

[Cooley Hurd]

9. No, she was a problem.

And "the left" has never been an issue for my party. The center has been though...

[Her Sister]

11. No! she for sure was harassed by the Left! AGAIN NOT COOL!

[Cooley Hurd]

17. This "left" you speak of...

Certainly, you realize that The Democratic Party is made up primarily of Liberals?

[Warren DeMontague]

40. Oh baloney. She was a train wreck as chair and bad for our brand.

She worked with Sheldon Adelson to kill medical marijuana reform in Florida. How is that defensible?

http://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/on-medical-marijuana-debbie-wasserman-schultz-sounds-like-a-republican-6544176

Granny comes out of chemo and goes to prison for eating a pot brownie. Is that what we as a party stand for?

[PatSeg]

42. Wow, she sure does know how to

alienate people. I hadn't read this one before. John Morgan's comments were brutal.

[oswaldactedalone]

3. EXCELLENT NEWS!!!!

[timlot]

5. Sad, because this won't end the story. Bernie supporters are going to chaos regardless.

Be prepared for a rough week folks.

[geek tragedy]

10. the vast majority of Sanders supporters will behave perfectly this coming week. nt

[timlot]

19. I hope so, but I'll I've seen in interviews from these protester on the street...

is Hillary is evil blah blah blah never vote for her and something about climate change. And, that was from a Sanders delegate that will be on the floor.

[riderinthestorm]

23. They mentioned climate change?1! God forbid!1

[geek tragedy]

26. the nutjobs planning the fart-in?

they are not representative, and they are not the type of people serving as delegates for the large part.

[Tom Rinaldo]

20. Of course it doen't end the story, nor should it, but it was the right action to take

Holding someone accountable is a good thing, but it doesn't magically erase the fact that something wrong happened that shouldn't have. Clear repercussions for wrong behavior is a critical first step to getting it right, but just finding a scapegoat to blame doesn't assure that the same type thing won't happen again. The story shouldn't be over because the DNC should be doing a little soul searching right about now. Having said that, Bernie doesn't want this to derail the Democratic Convention and neither do I.

[geek tragedy]

6. this was necessary. This is Hillary's week coming up. nt

[TDale313]

7. This is a good thing.

There was going to be no coming together with her at the head of the DNC

[Tal Vez]

8. People who were involved (and they know who they were) should not wait to be asked.

Resign now. GO! Any article that quotes an offending email should refer to an "ex employee" rather than a current employee. If someone has violated their obligation to remain neutral, he/she should not evade his/her obligation to quit now. Get this problem solved (as best it can be solved) now.

[oswaldactedalone]

12. Now saying that

She will gavel the convention in and gavel it out, then step down. Puzzling.

[nolabear]

18. Yeah, I'd rather she not appear onstage to give people something to boo.

[auntpurl]

30. No she's not.

Rep Marcia Fudge, OH, has taken over the convention chair and will gavel in/out.

[GoCubsGo]

14. So, the leakers actually did the DNC a favor?

[nolabear]

15. She did the right thing. I hope those who hated her and said they wanted her gone take note.

If they just go on and push for yet another thing I will be really angry.

[Her Sister]

16. YAY FOR THE HARASSERS! YAY FOR THE BULLIES!

NEVER GONNA FORGET THIS!

[Cooley Hurd]

21. Bullies?

like the clown who called Senator Sanders' faith into question?

[Her Sister]

22. who?

[Cooley Hurd]

25. Rep Wasserman Schultz's appointed underling.

[NWCorona]

35. I see where you are going with this but DWS should have stepped down as soon as she learned that the

Russians (multiple teams) were in the DNC servers for over a year. If that happened a lot of this blowback would have been mitigated. Better to be proactive than reactive.

[Her Sister]

24. Use whatever excuse you want! yay for harrassing & bullying!

NEVER GONNA FORGET THIS!

[Cooley Hurd]

27. Good!

Keep anger alive!

[Her Sister]

31. Exactly! perfect example! love that you're excited!

[ChairmanAgnostic]

28. Ignore Her.

She has her mind made up.

This is still not good enough. If Hillary wants this issue gone, DWS has to resign NOW, not what until the convention is over. That only keeps the story alive. To our detriment and to our candidate's. I guess her legendary stubbornness and arrogance won't let her do the right thing.

[renie408]

29. Oh, snap!

It had to happen. I think this will help next week.

[notadmblnd]

33. Yeah it had to happen

Ain't no one gonna rain on Hilly's parade.

The sun will come out tomorrow
bet your bottom dollar it'll shine.
Tomorrow, tomorrow, I love you tomorrow
it's only a day away.

[notadmblnd]

32. A few of her subordinates should follow her right out the door.

names of who are in the e-mails

[Nye Bevan]

34. Nobody need worry about her future career prospects.

She will have friends in very high places, to say the least.

[NWCorona]

36. I think DWS just lost a prospect of a cabinet position tho

[fishwax]

37. she should probably step aside for the good of the party

[tralala]

38. Putin must be pleased with this development

Now with Debbie Wasserman Schultz out of the way, Putin's dream of a turning every nation on earth into a republic of the Russian Federation is finally within reach

[Cooley Hurd]

39. ...

Good one!!!

[Adrahil]

41. She was a terrible chair.

I'm glad to see her go, but I am pissed off about the timing. The Russians, via Wikileaks, are manipulating our political process.

But glad this wasn't protracted. Get this out and the story will die out as the convention ramps up.

[Peachhead22]

43. The end of the convention is not soon enough

Waiting till the end of the convention for DWS to go is just prolonging the story in a week the news should be 100% pro-Democrats and 100% pro-HRC. DWS needs to go today. Before the convention. By tomorrow every Democratic surrogate can treat it like "old news, next question". And hopefully the news media can start putting together the dots between a state sponsored Russian hacker and high level Trump campaign staffers (Manafort et al) with ties to Russia.