Debbie Wasserman Schultz stabs Obama in back on Iran nuke deal at DNC

[99th_Monkey]

Where is the outrage among Clinton supporters when DWS betrays her
own Democratic President, especially since Hillary says she supports the
Obama's Iran deal.

The Hill:
Wasserman Schultz blocked Iran resolution at DNC meeting
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/252255-report-dnc-chairwoman-blocked-iran-resolution-at-party-meeting

[HassleCat]

1. I hope she will come around

I kind of think she wants to support the prez, but is holding off until she can soothe some of her constituents. Maybe I'm, being to generous with my interpretation, but the DNC chair usually has to toe the line when it comes to stuff like this.

[virtualobserver]

2. Her constituents feelings should have no bearing on her actions as DNC head.....

just as the debate schedule should not be based on Hillary's needs.

[TSIAS]

4. That's the problem with a current candidate heading the Party

We need someone like Dean who isn't worried about their present or future in elected office.

I guess she could personally vote against the deal, but it's not fair since it would seem a majority of the party's members are supportive of the deal.

[awoke_in_2003]

16. I am against her unwillingness to back the president on this...

On edit- I didn't know her blocking a resolution at the DNC. Sorry for the misunderstanding.

[bvar22]

10. Not DWS... she is all mavericky and everything.

She should have been kicked to the curb years ago. The fact that she hasn't says volumes about the Dem Leadership.

In 2008 Debbie Wasserman Schultz refused to endorse these 3 Democrats
who had won their Primaries and had a chance to win Republican seats:

Miami-Dade Democratic Party Chair Joe Garcia

Former Hialeah Democratic Mayor Raul Martinez

Democratic businesswoman Annette Taddeo

All three had won their local Democratic Primaries, and were challenging Hard Core Republican incumbents with whom Wasserman-Schultz had become cozy.
Not only did the head of the DCCC Red to Blue Program REFUSE to endorse these Democratic challengers,
but she appeared in person at at least one (possibly more) Campaign/Fundraiser for their Republican opponents.



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
<snip>

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:

The national party, enthusiastic about the three Democratic challengers, has not yet selected Red to Blue participants. But Wasserman Schultz has already told the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee that if any of the three make the cut, another Democrat should be assigned to the race.

http://www.swingstateproject.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=1537

The bloggers also are furious with Rep. Kendrick B. Meek (D-Fla.), who similarly refuses to endorse the Democratic challengers to the three Cuban American Republicans.

They are calling for Wasserman Schultz to step down from her leadership role at the DCCC. And they're not letting up, even after one Florida liberal blogger reported that the congresswoman seemed "frustrated" by the blogs and had asked to "please help get them off my back."

This prompted even harsher reaction from perhaps the most influential of the progressive political bloggers, Markos Moulitsas, a.k.a. Kos, founder of Daily Kos, who wrote on his blog Wednesday: "On so many fronts, the Republicans are standing in the way of progress, on Iraq, SCHIP, health care, fiscal responsibility, corruption, civil liberties, and so on. Those three south Florida Republicans are part of that problem. And she's (Wasserman-Schultz) going to be 'frustrated' that people demand she do her job?"

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/19/AR2008031903410_3.html

Here are Kos comments on the Wasserman-Schultz betrayal of the Democratic Party:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/03/20/480511/-DCCC-Says-Uproar-Over-DWS-Recusal-Much-Ado-About-Nothing




A lot of time has passed since 2008, but I don't take these kinds of betrayals lightly.

bvar22
Cursed with a memory

"I want to thank Debbie Wasserman-Schultz for being an outstanding chair of our party. (Applause.) She is a great partner."--President Obama

With "partners" like this, we don't need Republicans!








A lot of time has passed since 2008, but I don't take these kinds of betrayals lightly.

bvar22
Cursed with a memory

"I want to thank Debbie Wasserman-Schultz for being an outstanding chair of our party. (Applause.) She is a great partner."--President Obama

With "partners" like this, we don't need Republicans

[TSIAS]

3. I'm tired of her as chair of DNC

I've always been skeptical of her abilities to perform as chair of the DNC. It started before she was chair and refused to support three credible Democratic challengers in Miami because of her friendships with the likes of Ros-Lehtinen. I don't appreciate her opposition to medical marijuana, especially when many parts of the country are on board with recreational. Now, we have her waffling on Iran. I understand Grayson, as he is running statewide. She is in a pretty safe district with little opposition from the Republicans, although I believe someone should run in a primary to her left.

Whoever is the nominee will be running on this deal, whether they like it or not. We've already seen the GOP blowback will be fierce. I think we need better clarity that this is an asset for the Democratic Party.

[olddots]

5. so how is this party loyalty working for Democrats ?

Obama does something I really agree with and the head of the DNC wants to go all Sheldon on him .

[pnwmom]

6. I'm getting sick of anonymous sources. n/t

[JEB]

7. Support deal or get the fuck out. nt

[Fred Sanders]

8. Wash. Post cited "unnamed sources"? That usually means "pulled out of our asses".

In the article:

"Instead of the resolution, James Zogby, the co-chair of the DNC’s Resolutions Committee, prepared a letter expressing support for Obama and the Iran deal. The letter gained signatures from an overwhelming majority of DNC members, Zogby said.

“We wanted to show support for the president,” he told the Post. “We found that the best way to show support was a letter that members would sign on to, and the overwhelming majority of DNC members signed onto the letter. This is the President Obama we elected in 2008 who said, ‘I choose diplomacy over conflict,’ and he did it.”"

"Stab in the back"? To Obama? Nope. No evidence of it yet.

I will wait for her declared voting intention before I open the knife drawer, if you do not mind.

[Truprogressive85]

9. not suprised

I don't trust Debbie Wasserman Schultz nor do I feel she is the right fit for chair of DNC

[Warren DeMontague]

11. If only the iran nuke deal involved arresting sick grannies for eating pot brownies

She'd be all over it.

[stillwaiting]

12. Too many elected Democrats don't like traditional Democratic policy positions. nt

[hifiguy]

13. FAR too many.

They'd run from FDR, RFK, LBJ or Hubert Humphrey as if they were plague rats.

[dsc]

18. Have to say that the first three of those wouldn't be the most

likely to support Obama's efforts here. There are lots of policies on which all four of those are more liberal than Obama, foreign policy most assuredly isn't one.

[ericson00]

14. Zogby is poison; he is known not to respect Israel

so I think having a Zogby authored resolution would be bad news for the party. Also, a resolution is not needed; its gonna go thru anyway.

[99th_Monkey]

15. Maybe. but will it "go through" with DWS support? To date, she's waffled. -nt-

[geek tragedy]

17. She's a member if the "AIPAC First" caucus. nt

[truebluegreen]

19. This is our Democratic Party; cherish it...

as Charlie Pierce would say.