2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumFolks, Obama and Hillary are relieved and happy DWS is gone.
This wasn't just a Bernie thing. Far, far, far, far from it.
She was selfish to the point of undermining the DNC, Hillary and the President:
PHILADELPHIA Debbie Wasserman Schultz wasnt supposed to ask Joe Biden to come to her daughters bat mitzvah.
Democratic National Committee staff had sent the chair to the vice president armed with four specific requests for getting him involved in raising money for the party.
She decided to scrap them for two of her own.
First, she asked Biden to do a fundraiser for her own reelection to her House seat in Florida in the primary challenge shes facing next month. He agreed.
The second was to get down to Boca Raton for the bat mitzvah.
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Luis Miranda, the communications director whom Wasserman Schultz hired last September, pitched her hard in their interview on how he would get her on TV more often. He got the job over two candidates who were recommended by the Clinton campaign.
The biggest problem with the communications department right now is that we dont put Debbie out there enough, Miranda said at his first staff meeting after coming on board in September, according to people in the room.
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Wasserman Schultz couldnt stop Davis hiring. But when the campaign tried to bring in a senior communications aide whod be supervisor to Miranda, she dug in against the move, infuriating the Clinton campaign anew, according to people familiar with the discussions.
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/dnc-debbie-wasserman-schultz-226352#ixzz4FiR0rNmw
There's a lot more, but long story short NO ONE in positions of real responsibility now is sorry to see her gone. NO ONE.
highprincipleswork
(3,111 posts)her own worst enemy, and seems to deserve everything she has gotten.
I personally have spent so many hours on the phone to the DNC over her calamities.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)to be the DNC chair.
I really hope it's Martin O'Malley.
JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)So they can focus all of their time getting Democrats elected. If there is no pressure to have to work with a colleague in house or senate then there is more neutrality.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)PatSeg
(47,501 posts)that attacks on Wasserman Schultz are attacks on Hillary. DWS is a disaster for the nominee and the party. This article paints a very disturbing, but not surprising picture.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)Precisely because she was almost eager to piss off the Sanders people. That shit did not help.
PatSeg
(47,501 posts)I think she did hurt Clinton, as so many people perceived her bias as coming from the Clinton campaign.
JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)She was unjustly dragged through the mud by Bernie fans, making it kinda hard not to be biased. Its a human sentiment.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)she really was the worst DNC chair we've had in a LONG time (worst I can remember) and the Sanders' supporters gripes have largely turned out to be true
JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)Getting rid of her at this point was the best thing for the party.
progressoid
(49,991 posts)geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)Especially when the rest of the inepti get sent packing (presumably they're lining up replacements so the transition is seamless)
progressoid
(49,991 posts)democrattotheend
(11,605 posts)They should have removed her a while ago.
Hekate
(90,714 posts)...and that's what a lot of posts here seemed to be, plus just reflexive dislike based on reasons.
As a source, let's just say I trust you. Glad she's gone.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)Wasserman Schultz is reportedly very much at odds with White House staffers, and rarely even speaks with President Barack Obama.
Like that ugly 1970's bathroom tile--more trouble to get rid of her than to keep her around. Until it wasn't.