Dan Halper flags a Roll Call report that says Debbie Wasserman Schultz is expected to stay on for another two-year term as DNC chair, since Nancy Pelosi, Steny Hoyer and James Clyburn aren’t likely to give up their top leadership positions:
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida will reportedly stay on as Democratic National Committee chief for another two-year term.
“The House Democratic leadership mold continues to harden, as Reps. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland and Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida are expected to remain in their current positions, which are effectively out of the upper echelon of caucus leadership ranks,” reports Roll Call.
That decision might be a little strange, since it was thought Wasserman Schultz was a weak surrogate for Barack Obama during the presidential campaign. “Internal polling rates her the least effective of all Obama campaign surrogates,” Politico reported during the campaign.
DWS is the gift that keeps on giving (for Republicans), so if she’s staying put it must be because she has no other options or nobody better wants the job. Based on the Roll Call article, Democrats seem to figure that she’ll do less damage where she is than she might in a top House leadership role. Ed Morrissey explains the logic:
In some sense, this is a vote of no confidence in the next generation of House Democratic leadership, or at least no confidence yet.
Given Wasserman Schultz’ performance as DNC chair, that doesn’t seem irrational, either. She started off by accusing Republicans of wanting to bring back Jim Crow, and ended up marginalized as a surrogate for Team Obama, with plenty of embarrassments along the way. (Getting reamed by Anderson Cooper for lying was one of the most prominent examples.) Three months ago, Politico’s Glenn Thrush revealed conflicts between Wasserman Schultz and the White House in his e-book, and Politico reported that their polling showed her the least effective of their surrogates.
As bad as Wasserman Schultz was, it didn’t seem to hold Democrats back this election. They even made small gains in the House and Senate. As long as the party is willing to keep her in the position, and there’s nowhere better for her to go, why not stay on for another term? Certainly Republicans can’t complain, given her penchant for saying ridiculous things.
Proverb: Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
Pass the popcorn, please. Is there butter on it?
Clyburn said, and I quote "The Entire English Language is Racist" unquote. I am going to LOVE watching his dementia progress.
Well, I for one welcome the continuing wealth of satirical material such as she gave us these past few years!
"DWS is the gift that keeps on giving (for Republicans), so if she’s staying put it must be because she has no other options or nobody better wants the job." n nand… n n"As bad as Wasserman Schultz was, it didn’t seem to hold Democrats back this election. They even made small gains in the House and Senate. As long as the party is willing to keep her in the position, and there’s nowhere better for her to go, why not stay on for another term? Certainly Republicans can’t complain, given her penchant for saying ridiculous things." n nMaybe she wasn't as good as perhaps some others would be, but mostly isn't this just more or less a pitbull position? And, as noted, it certainly didn't seem to effect the outcome too much. n nYou are really saying, "It would have been worse if there was more effective leadership", which is like saying, "Geez, I sure am glad I didn't get beat up too badly.", or "I only had most of my lunch money stolen." n nHonestly, do you guys even reflect on what you say at all? If this is winning, you really are lost in the wilderness. n n
Exactly, It would be really great if the position were held not by a partisan ideologue but by someone more statesman-like, but this is what you get from a party that prizes the likes of Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid. n n
What…are you daft? The head of a party is supposed to be a partisan ideologue. That's their job. Michael Steele, Reince Priebus, Haley Barbor, even Ken Mehlman, and he's gay. They all did their jobs to be a partisan ideologue. n nThis article is saying "Yay! DWS is still the head of the DNC, it's a WIN for Republicans." And my question is, "Exactly how?" when by the author's own honest assesment " it didn’t seem to hold Democrats back this election". n nThis is your problem, you only talk and snicker to yourselves. So she says things that you think are wrong and you guffaw to yourselves, meanwhile, Democrats walk away with elections. n nSmart guys, real smart. n n
Michael Steele, Reince Priebus, Haley Barbor, etc. built up the GOP, or at least they tried too. That was their job. And I am sure they took an occasional shot at the Democrats; but not in such a way as to poison the political well. That is not something I can say about DWS. Some people may think that the Democrats, by sticking with their terribly partisan leaders, will makes such a mess of things that they will embarrass themselves and weaken their party. Our problem is they, by going about it in such a way, will weaken the country first. n nAsk the Poles what they think about WW II.
Ask the Poles huh? Conservatives often speak epigrammatically in this way. I'm not sure what you mean here or how it is valid to the question of how DWS as head of the DNC is good for republicans.Your ridiculous claim of purity by your side is probably rebuttable by many many instances just a quick Google search away.I am not saying that DWS isn't rough and tumble, she's supposed to be. What I am saying is this column and your responses make no sense.How is it a win for Republicans if DWS is still the head of the DNC? Can someone please explain that clearly? Without weird epigrams?
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