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In reply to the discussion: Debbie Wasserman Schulz needs to go. [View all]BlueCaliDem
(15,438 posts)70. She's not robotic. She's just not much of a Democrat.
She talks a good talk on teevee, but when the rubber meets the road, so to speak, she, for some strange reason, suddenly loses steam and Republicans win. She seems to have a soft spot for Republicans rather than Democrats. After reading articles like the one below, I don't trust her to work in the best interest of the Democratic Party
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
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.
http://www.swingstateproject.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=1537
by: James L.
Sun Mar 09, 2008 at 7:15 PM EDT
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.
http://www.swingstateproject.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=1537
Even MadFloridian wrote about her about the above :http://journals.democraticunderground.com/madfloridian/1920
Is Wasserman-Schultz still a Democrat? Has she ever been? Who in their right mind thought putting a woman like her, who hasn't been modest about her support for Republicans in the not-so-distant-past, at the head of the DNC? Are they hoping to make President Obama a one-term president, too?
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Let's see. Wasserman, a Florida congresswoman, vs Howard Dean, a governor...
Woody Woodpecker
Jun 2012
#42
Well at first I thought she was going to do very well. She does have a knife for a tongue and
southernyankeebelle
Jun 2012
#108
I didn't know I was on a bandwagon. I was just giving my own opinion. However,
southernyankeebelle
Jun 2012
#138
That bad? Now I see why she is DNC chair. At the time, I thought ... progress ... a progressive
davidwparker
Jun 2012
#166
Fine with me. And she can take Bill Clinton with her. He is becoming a liability.
NC_Nurse
Jun 2012
#14
Lately he keeps contradicting Obama. First, on Mitt's Bain record and then on extending the Bush tax
NC_Nurse
Jun 2012
#43
They probably both agree with the upcoming wage-lowering, anti-union "free-trade" agreement.
AnotherMcIntosh
Jun 2012
#146
She seems pretty great to me. She said the WI recall has nothing to do with Prez election...
Honeycombe8
Jun 2012
#15
The DLC types will see this not as their own failure, but as an impetus to move farther to the right
Erose999
Jun 2012
#28
Yes. In fact, they are working on another wage-lowering, anti-union, "free-trade agreement.
AnotherMcIntosh
Jun 2012
#145
Couldn't agree more. Was Tim Kaine not centrist enough? We need a Doctor in the house...
truebrit71
Jun 2012
#38
I would back Dr. Dean in a heartbeat to return to his chairmanship, and shape policy from there.
Woody Woodpecker
Jun 2012
#41
There's more money to be had being a right wing Democrat than an FDR Democrat.
Selatius
Jun 2012
#163
DLC dems win by loosing. If they wanted a winner in charge we would still have Howard Dean.
Exultant Democracy
Jun 2012
#57
Well, after being told that there's no room for leftists in the Party for so many years
Pab Sungenis
Jun 2012
#60
don't take it personally, Pat... it's an unfortunate MO for the poster in question
inna
Jun 2012
#161
i'm not trying to stir up anything, let alone shit - and i do find your comments offensive
inna
Jun 2012
#174
I totally agree. I can understand why President Obama didn't get involved BUT the DNC knew
jillan
Jun 2012
#63
Every Dem Party state leader who doesn't have recent big wins under their belts
shcrane71
Jun 2012
#71
When I heard DWS drives an Infiniti I puked in my mouth a little. Out of touch AND anti-union?
Romulox
Jun 2012
#81
I knew she was bad ever since she fought against Bush impeachment way back when...
cascadiance
Jun 2012
#98
Yes, she does need to go. We need someone who wants to win in November and who will go all out
sabrina 1
Jun 2012
#143
Government 101: The Party Chairman is a powerless figurehead when the party controls the White House
Hippo_Tron
Jun 2012
#150