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72. I don't know why she wasn't replaced

Sun Jul 24, 2016, 09:59 AM

Jul 2016

<Meanwhile, the Obama team was so serious about replacing her after 2012 that they found a replacement candidate to back before deciding against it, according to people familiar with those discussions.

Obama and Wasserman Schultz have rarely even talked since 2011. They don’t meet about strategy or messaging. They don’t talk much on the phone.

Instead, the DNC chairwoman stakes out the president of the United States at the end of photo lines at events and fundraisers.>

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2014/09/democrats-debbie-wasserman-schultz-111077#ixzz4FKlxCQow
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The article goes on to say that Wasserman Schultz was not included in strategy talks with the president and that the administration did not want her there.

She rubbed a lot of people the wrong way when she kept trying to get the DNC to pay for her clothes when she attended the DNC convention and the Correspondent's Dinner.

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Interesting Sherman A1 Jul 2016 #1

Post removed Post removed Jul 2016 #2

Take your comment down please. You are talking apples and oranges with NO proof and riversedge Jul 2016 #3

Totally agree. Lunabell Jul 2016 #4

Nothing is too low for the Third Way. Cobalt Violet Jul 2016 #6

Agreed----------------------disgusting---------------Third Way-------------- turbinetree Jul 2016 #11

Homework is for losers, Ghost Dog Jul 2016 #7

DWS is Jewish for heaven's sake. But she is old school, hardball. SleeplessinSoCal Jul 2016 #5

It's more than old school. It violates the mission of the DNC itself. It's corrupt. merrily Jul 2016 #49

What does DWS being Jewish have to do with it? NWCorona Jul 2016 #67

Do I have to spell it out? This kind of hardball politics goes back to our founding. SleeplessinSoCal Jul 2016 #92

Good. nt DLevine Jul 2016 #8

Was she even scheduled to speak? Arazi Jul 2016 #9

Right? LuvLoogie Jul 2016 #27

Probably a good thing. n/t TDale313 Jul 2016 #10

Post removed Post removed Jul 2016 #12

The bench of the DNC is bigger than DWS HereSince1628 Jul 2016 #20

As it is, she was not the only DNC employee involved. merrily Jul 2016 #37

That's very true. It's history. And that history will be dissected HereSince1628 Jul 2016 #44

Absent lawsuits, dissecting history won't much matter, if the DNC remains corrupt. merrily Jul 2016 #55

I don't think that's completely true. Party operatives, consultants, and think tanks HereSince1628 Jul 2016 #60

She needs to step down. Today. Vinca Jul 2016 #13

THIS is the only solution and it has to be today. ChairmanAgnostic Jul 2016 #15

The DNC chair is an elected position. merrily Jul 2016 #39

a lot of folks actually don't realize that still_one Jul 2016 #56

In reality, if both Obama and Hillary suggested to her to leave ChairmanAgnostic Jul 2016 #79

That isn't going to happen. As for her re-election, what are you talking about? November 2016? still_one Jul 2016 #80

Absolutely PatSeg Jul 2016 #38

Debbie is in that job because Obama wants her there bigdarryl Jul 2016 #63

...and why does he want her there in spite of her incompetence? Chakab Jul 2016 #68

That's the way I see it. TryLogic Jul 2016 #84

I don't know why she wasn't replaced PatSeg Jul 2016 #72

I will always support SBS in any role he serves. katsy Jul 2016 #41

Agree 100%. She needs to resign now. nt oxymoron Jul 2016 #58

Yes! She should go just for supporting her Republican friends over Democrats running Dustlawyer Jul 2016 #66

She is subversive. RandiFan1290 Jul 2016 #14

Oh no! The head of the Democratic Party favors the Democratic candidate over the independent!!! Laser102 Jul 2016 #16

+1000 stonecutter357 Jul 2016 #21

Please see Reply 30. Thanks. merrily Jul 2016 #34

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There was no fixing. No special privileges. Just a lot of whining when the other guy didn't win. Laser102 Jul 2016 #43

Even the APPEARANCE of any of that is bad. Red Knight Jul 2016 #51

Yeah the DNC working with the media on Hillary's behalf is nothing NWCorona Jul 2016 #69

No fixing? No special privileges? Nonsense! TryLogic Jul 2016 #86

The job of a DNC chair PatSeg Jul 2016 #42

Doesn't get to speak? I was hoping she was losing her chair. AllyCat Jul 2016 #17

Tim Canova for Congress. merrily Jul 2016 #33

Absoluely! This may be the only way to send the message effectively. I have been donating to his TryLogic Jul 2016 #87

Well, I am sure DWS will be fine, no matter what. Howard Dean and Tim Kaine merrily Jul 2016 #98

Debbie Wasserman Schultz is doing a fine job and not going anywhere. stonecutter357 Jul 2016 #18

So far she has done a fine job of electing Republicans. truebluegreen Jul 2016 #36

seriously mdbl Jul 2016 #46

unfortunately there are lots of blinders out there nt truebluegreen Jul 2016 #53

... Crepuscular Jul 2016 #74

millennial voters lol. stonecutter357 Jul 2016 #75

... Crepuscular Jul 2016 #76

after all millennial voters won the Primaries for Bernie. stonecutter357 Jul 2016 #78

... Crepuscular Jul 2016 #81

Don't worry, millennials will be the scapegoat if Trump wins... Jon Ace Jul 2016 #82

Didn't she refuse to campaign against other republicons in Florida RandiFan1290 Jul 2016 #19

I thought she campaigned FOR her Florida Republican friends? merrily Jul 2016 #32

Oh no! Who will address the plight of payday lenders? Ruby the Liberal Jul 2016 #22

Hint. NOT Tim Canova and, thanks to Canova, not DWS, either. merrily Jul 2016 #31

score one for the Russian hackers uhnope Jul 2016 #23

She'll be speaking when she's gaveling the convention in and out. In other words... onehandle Jul 2016 #24

Seriously? Ruby the Liberal Jul 2016 #70

She is going to be re-elected easily and will still be on stage a lot. onehandle Jul 2016 #71

Good, she has nothing to add at all so kacekwl Jul 2016 #25

I'm shocked, I tell you, shocked!!! paleotn Jul 2016 #26

Yes, the DNC is supposed to be neutral. That should not shock anyone. merrily Jul 2016 #30

Yes, they SHOULD be..... paleotn Jul 2016 #94

0 for 3. I don't think you can support your statement that no political party in this country merrily Jul 2016 #97

I think we can "clean house" PatSeg Jul 2016 #45

I would hope so.... paleotn Jul 2016 #95

I think it could be worse PatSeg Jul 2016 #96

You know the reason you need to get a dog to have a friend in DC is that the culture stinks. Bluenorthwest Jul 2016 #64

Yes.... paleotn Jul 2016 #93

Excellent!!! n/t RKP5637 Jul 2016 #28

Tim Canova for Congress merrily Jul 2016 #29

Still fighting the primary. JoePhilly Jul 2016 #40

No, fighting corruption and incompetence within our party apparatus Matt_in_STL Jul 2016 #47

yea, ok. Will DWS still be DNC head in 2020? JoePhilly Jul 2016 #50

So let's just ignore it because the same people won't involved in 2020? Matt_in_STL Jul 2016 #54

What a load of nonsense. JoePhilly Jul 2016 #57

Oh, I'll do what I can, starting with my vote against DWS next month Matt_in_STL Jul 2016 #61

ok. JoePhilly Jul 2016 #65

Not Wasserman Schultz's biggest fan bluedye33139 Jul 2016 #48

She should have lost her... deathrind Jul 2016 #52

She needs to go now! cally Jul 2016 #59

Nina Turner is on MSNBC with her usual faux outrage against the Democratic Party. OnDoutside Jul 2016 #62

There are millions of people who invested their time and money working for Bernie Sanders. raindaddy Jul 2016 #73

"Quarantined" is vaguely anti-Semitic. AngryAmish Jul 2016 #77

Would love to see Clinton return DEAN to the DNC hollowdweller Jul 2016 #83

Well, those boos she gets when she's onstage are sure going to make awesome TV. oxymoron Jul 2016 #85

Someone please boo for me. Maybe that will send the necessary message. TryLogic Jul 2016 #88

DWS wildbilln864 Jul 2016 #89

Says a lot. n/t. DirkGently Jul 2016 #90

Quite appropriate, and both Clinton and Sanders camps agree Land Shark Jul 2016 #91