right up there with Florida Man and Florida Women (for those who aren't familiar).

http://knowyourmeme.com/photos/590387-florida-man

Florida Democrat also used to be Republican.

Florida Democrat violates ethics rules with Cayman Island hedge funds.

Florida Democrat leads national party to profound ass-whupping in mid-term elections

She's like a Manchurian Candidate

that DWS's Republican friends are against open relations with Cuba.

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

Agree, this was major, major and shouldn't be forgotten.

It's been since, like, 1961. Slow down? Oy vey!

Or "oye" vey as Ileana Ros would say it Cuban style.

FFS.





I suppose every teabagger in existence now will be gloating over this.

on this.

That's why.

I don't think her district is heavily Cuban-American. She's probably doing it in support of her GOP friends, Balart and Ross-Illien.

Florida 20th District Profile Race and ethnicity

District

U.S.

White 57.6%

65.9%
Black 9.8%

12.1%
Hispanic 27.8%

15.1%
Asian 2.8%

4.3%
Native American 0.2%

0.7%

http://elections.nytimes.com/2010/house/florida/20

Non-Cuban Hispanics support ending the embargo, vote solidly Democratic. Cubans are more difficult to determine. 1st generation immigrants are highly anti-Castro and vote solidly republican. Each generation removed from immigration votes increasingly Democratic and is less anti-Castro. 3Rd/4th generation Cuban-Americans hold political views like most non-Cuban Hispanics. DWS's district is not heavily Cuban-American, and the %Hispanic demographic is not unlike Tampa, Orlando, and the other large cities. She could have easily supported Obama with little voter backlash...she's supporting her GOP friends.

The stats don't break it down as to what kind of Hispanics live in her district. The point is that her main constituency consists of transplanted white New Yorkers, mostly Jews, who do not want more Hispanics in their neighborhood.

These facts remain, and you have not refuted them.

Most Hispanics in Miami-Dade are Cuban, that's to the south of DWS district. Overall in Florida, Cubans are only a plurality. Many from Colombia, PR,Dominican Republic, Central America...all over. Even Spain. Cuban Americans have different voting patterns than other Hispanics.

Cubans are 5% of population, all Hispanics are 22.5% of population. IDK % of PR, but if same as Cuban then combined they're still less than half of all Hispanics. Unless peep live here, they unaware of all the Colombians, Dominicans, Mexicans, Nicaraguans, and more that live here. My current and ex gfs are Colombian. I have close friends from Panama, Chile, Venezuela, PR, and Spain.

And someone would challenge her. I'm not sure she's ever been challenged .As you see the break down she has no Cubans in her district that's why she can go on a rant about Cuba

There is nothing in the NYT source I quoted that even mentions "Cubans." But the district is 28% Hispanic, which, in Florida, means mostly Cuban.

There's more non-Cuban Hispanics in Florida than Cuban Hispanics. Florida is the gateway to the Carribean. Cuba is only one small country in Carribean. We have Hispanics from all over, including Spain.

Debbie's constituents, who are mainly retired white people from New York, do not want more Hispanics in the 23rd district, which is currently 28% Hispanic. Cubans are Hispanics. Therefore, her constituents do not want more Cubans in her district.

Any other quibbles?

It appears you've never even visited Florida, outside of Disney World. I've lived here for 50 years.

In her district

This is a plutocracy. All she needs is her third way support.

Who needs Democrats when you got Republicans for friends?

Shame on W-S.

Idiot of the same degree as McAuliffe when he was running the DNC before Dean saved it, and was turned over to W-S who proceeded to act like McAuliffe.

....that aren't Palestinian.

Their other favorite issue is Israel of course. Ileana is all over that one supporting Debbie.

ZERO influence on this, isn't it, Debbie?

DWB, since the election has been quiet in her loyalty and backing toward our present Democratic POTUS. May we get this true DINO out of a position of power in the Democratic Party 'elite' establishment and get someone in that will benefit, us, the powerless of the Democratic Party. Too bad she can't come up for an up or down vote.

Democrats torn between party, GOP friends

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.

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But Wasserman Schultz and Meek say their ties to the three Republicans are personal as well as professional: Both served in the state Legislature with Mario Diaz-Balart and say they work in concert with all three on South Florida issues.

Wasserman Schultz has also played a leading role in persuading the new Democratic majority to sustain the economic embargo against Cuba and has established close ties to the staunchly pro-embargo U.S.-Cuba Democracy political action committee, which has contributed thousands to Wasserman Schultz and Meek's campaigns.

John Russell vs Ginnie Brown-Waite.

She said Ginny was her good friend, and had a spine and nerves of steel.

And you know it.

Or - maybe the Democratic Party has slid so far to the right that I am not a Democrat any more. There's that. But my days of voting blindly are over.

to being a blue state anymore. At the minimum it is purple. It is referred to as a swing state, but with Scott winning another term, I am not so sure, I am not sure about that.

New Jersey for example is a solid Blue state, however, not only did Christie win, but so-called Democrats endorsed him.

Something doesn't sync

Howard Dean pushed his 50 state strategy, and it could be argued it was that strategy that gave us victory in 2008, but the problem with that strategy is that it accept different parts of the country have different views. Some more left, some more right, and some middle of the road

Is there a minimum set of principles that we should not compromise on as a party, and I would personally say yes

She makes me sick. She's just another corporatist disguised as a Democrat.

so called Democratic Party. Mr.Obama best watch his back with this Dino and the likes of a Chuckie Schumer,running the Democratic Party. Just got to love how smug and conceited Politicians pull their own rugs out from under themselves. DWS and other third wayers,cost us the Senate and the House. But,what the hay,they got the money. Notice how team Sanders is all over the Stupid's lately. So much for those so called well oiled campaigns,Bernies team really pays attention to watch is happening both in the press and on the Internets.

She is a threat to our party. I cannot think of one thing she has done to deserve the title of chairwoman, unless the word republican precedes chairwoman.

None whatsoever.

she really IS a Republican.

Nice going Obama your own pick for DNC Chair person turns on you.I wish a real progressive would run against ass

I'll keep kissing Miami Bautista Cuban ass in the hopes that a hundred years from now, some of them might vote democratic.

That's why she is carrying out the will of her constituents--mainly white retired people from NYC.

So her statement isn't a total loss.

-- Mal

we have normalized relations with China a communist country, Russia the fmr Soviet Union bloc and Vietnam our former communist foe. Since Feb 3, 1962 we haven't had normal relations with Cuba which sits 90 miles from our shores.

.. some of that is recycled US taxpayer money via USAID and the like. Yuk.

With Dems like DWS who needs republicans

"No fix for STUPID!!!"


Doesn't she have a retirement date yet?

(silver lining)

He appointed her.

How can he call on congress to end the embargo on Cuba when the chair of his own Party opposes it? Rubio gets rightfully mocked yesterday for his crazy views on Cuba, then the DNC chair steps up the next day to support him? Insanity. Wasserman Schultz has always been in the gusano camp from day one. Good luck working with congress on this, Mr. President.

If Karl Rove had tried to have someone infiltrate the party and ruin it from within, they could not have found a better person than you. What is said is that you are not some robot programmed by the GOP, no, you are just one more example of the Blue Dog Democrats that will simply get fed by denying the rest of the Democrats any access to the food, then expect us to laud you for letting us get a crumb, treating that crumb is if it was a seven course meal. I may hate the GOP, but at least there are some in there that, however stupid and evil they are, really think they are acting on principles, you, however, are willing to ride the waves when Obama does something popular (usually over the objections of your fellow Blue Dogs) and try to take some, if not all of the credit. What when he does something that actually most of us in the NATION want (as opposed to what your "friends" in Little Havana want) then you kneecap and backstab. Of course, this might be forgiven if you were actually competent at your job, but you have lost two national mid terms and a gubernatorial race, all because you tried to make damned sure whoever was allowed to run was someone that would not upset your wallet.

Hey Hillary, I know this girl acts like your friend, but you need to make sure this woman;s days are numbered. Yeah Obama can do it, but according to articles like this:

http://dailycaller.com/2015/02/23/debbie-wasserman-schultz-sexist-semitic-obama/

She knew she could play the race and sex card, and would do it shamelessly. Let her try that with you. Of course, part of the reason I plan to vote for Bernie in the primary is because I know you will not dare swat at Debbie, lest YOU get tarred with that same strategy. The sexist part would not stick, but she would make damned sure a lot of your donors might take their money elsewhere, especially since many of them only like you because you are the best hope of "obliterating Iran."

The embargo needs to end. The Soviet Union is gone and Cuba is a shadow of its former self. You want to kill communism in that country? Give them a good dose of American capitalism.

And as for human rights violations, don't fucking make me laugh. Half the nations in the Middle East we call "allies" are bigger human rights abusers.

I'll be changing for Bernie though.

Debbie Wasserman Schultz is the worst

there are plenty of dems who have been way less loyal to obama than she

in spite of her alliances with the right wing Cuban Americans.

She could have worded it in such a way that she solved this dilemma but chose to stick with her pals.

These alliances are just too profitable to break. The President should shame these assholes as the obstructionists they are.

since most Florida Latinos (not Cubans) are very very liberal on the Cuban issue.

In fact that's the main reason Obama went for it - according to a panel I saw at FIU

What an unpleasant surprise
[link:http://miamiherald.typepad.com/nakedpolitics/2008/03/debbie-dub-ya.html|

But in Greyson's case it really reads as total bs because he's not middle of the road.

That was an error for his brand but a plus for his pocketbook.

David Jolly, a GOPer from Clearwater, and Bill Nelson support some easing of sanctions, but they're not quite with Obama. DWS will never back down from her thuggish view on Cuba, but Alan Grayson, he's not going to get my vote if he doesn't rectify on this issue.

The only other possible reason is stupidity and I think he's pretty smart, though not so shrewd. Times have changed even the right wing friends of Jeb are paving a path for him to soften on Cuba.

There was an editorial in the Herald to this end lately.

Castor is great, kudos to her she deserves the fruits of her bravery and smarts.

in Florida where most Latinos are very, very liberal on the issue and others know they can make $$

think it is way past due that we have relations with Cuba. We have relations with China and Russia, it makes no sense not to include Cuba

Should an elected person do what people in her district want her to do, or should that person instead do what they think is best?

We are a representative form of government, and people have expectations what their elected officials will do

I would think the views in Florida would not be the same as the rest of the country on this. It would be interesting for folks in Florida to weigh in on this,, especially in the people she represents

Cuban lives will immediately benefit and it will create jobs for us. If some people need to be reassured, I'm sure the administration can help Wasserman Schultz with that.

with Cuba is now.. not "slow down".

Mahalo flamingdem

far far away.