2016 Postmortem
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Democrats torn between party, GOP friends
Democratic party leaders have tapped Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz to raise money and coach candidates in a high-stakes, aggressive bid to expand the Democratic majority in the House of Representatives.
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.
That wasn't the case just two years ago when the pair flouted a long-standing Florida delegation agreement to not campaign against colleagues and vigorously backed Ron Klein in his winning bid to oust veteran Republican Rep. Clay Shaw.
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.
Read more here: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/article24478039.html#storylink=cpy
With friends like these who needs enemies .
djean111
(14,255 posts)Not voting for her, or any other DINO, when I get the chance.
JRLeft
(7,010 posts)kath
(10,565 posts)so sick of their bullshit.
JRLeft
(7,010 posts)Biden, Clinton, or Bush.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)Jebus, she has stumped for her Repig buddies. What does that say?
jfern
(5,204 posts)JRLeft
(7,010 posts)to his cabinet. Dinos are republican lite.
enid602
(9,754 posts)This all sounds like Tea Party talk.
JRLeft
(7,010 posts)
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