DNC scandal, serious opponent make for hard race for Wasserman Schultz

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11. In 2008 DWS refused to endorse 3 other Democrats in her area due to personal relations with the GOP

candidates.

Why she was ever chosen to be head of the DNC is beyond me.

Democrats torn between party, GOP friends

By Lesley Clark - McClatchy Newspapers - MARCH 9, 2008 2:23 PM

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....


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