Debbie Wasserman Schultz has one last chance to show she is competent

[brentspeak]

As DNC chair, handpicked by Obama to replace Howard Dean, she has been a dismal failure (or perhaps she was intended to be?), doing absolutely nothing while (among many other things) entire state legislatures around the nation have been flipping to the GOP, solidifying Republican power starting at ground-roots level.

However, Wasserman Shultz has been handed a golden opportunity to demonstrate that she is not at least a total tool: Cliven Bundy's racial comments.

If there are not regional ads linking Rand Paul, Dean Heller, Greg Abbott, and other vocal Bundy supporters to Cliven Bundy -- and highlighting Bundy's racist statements -- you will know for certain that Wasserman Schultz has been putting one over rank-and-file Democrats.

[el_bryanto]

1. Well if Obama intended her to be a dismal failure . . .

why would you expect her to do better on this issue?

Also why do you think Obama intended her to be a dismal failure?

Bryant

[Vincardog]

2. PBO has been a miserable failure at changing the direction of this country. Why would anyone

expect this pick to be any different?

[el_bryanto]

4. Is he failing on purpose? nt

[Vincardog]

8. Ask the Banksters who supported him. Have they been prosecuted? Have any impediments to

their looting of this country been enacted?

I say it is purposeful

[el_bryanto]

29. Ok - thanks for clearing that up

I don't have the same opinion of Obama although I agree he's too centrist and concillatory towards wall street.

Bryant

[11 Bravo]

5. I'm guessing you don't know any gay people. I promise you ...

they would question your "miserable failure at changing the direction of the country" screed.

[Vincardog]

9. He "lead" a change that was happening anyway. What has he done to end the corporate take over

of our country?

NADA

[msanthrope]

11. DADT was not happening anyway. Neither was the ACA. Fail. n t

[Vincardog]

13. The ACA should have been SINGLE PAYER. Fail back at ya

[msanthrope]

16. Ok--who had the votes for that? #CivicsFail. nt

[Vincardog]

20. The VOTERS did. He ran on it.He said "I will not sign a bill that does not include it" and he was

elected. He did not even insist it be negotiated. MAKE THE BASTIDS stand up and vote it down. I do not want anyone with your attitude representing my side in any negotiation.

Fail my a$$

[Scuba]

39. + Eighty Gazillion

[Enthusiast]

40. +1 an entire shit load.

[Cali_Democrat]

19. Even Sanders said single payer would have had 10 votes max in the Senate

How exactly could single payer have made it out of Congress?

[Vincardog]

21. Would the congress critters against it have been usefull in election ads?

[vi5]

27. I know plenty of gay people.

And THEY were the ones changing the direction of the country and putting in the work and the blood, sweat and tears all while the president was "evolving". He only fully evolved once it was clear that it was a politically safe move, AND when he was going to need the support of the gay community for re-election.

To give him any large degree of credit short changes those who did the heavy lifting as far as changing the direction of the country.

[merrily]

35. Depends on which gays. I think Choi and others are not happy.

[DURHAM D]

3. This OP is ridiculous.

Putting this all on Shultz is idiotic?

Are you mad because Dean is no longer chair?

What have you done to stop, or even slow down, the money flow into the right wing machine?

[LordGlenconner]

6. +1

[brentspeak]

7. If the DNC starts running Bundy/GOP ads

as it certainly now must, then get back to me.

Otherwise, post a different follow-up acknowledging that, yes, Wasserman Shultz has been a big reason why the GOP is doing so well at the state and local level.

[DURHAM D]

15. That would be a stupid use of funds.

The majority of voters have no clue who Bundy is and once they find out they just laugh him off. If you think Shultz is the reason the GOP is doing well at the state and local level then you have not really been paying attention for the past 3 or 4 decades.

I understand you are angry but spending down all of the DNC funds on un-targeted nationwide ads would, and should, get any chair fired.

Why don't you start a PAC and collect millions of dollars and run those ads if you think it is such a great idea? Good luck.

[brentspeak]

25. After some research, it all makes sense

You are the same genius who supported Wasserman Schultz pi$$ing away DNC $$$ on completely superfluous anti-Christie ads back in Feb. Therefore, I am not surprised that you have materialized out of nowhere to contribute your usual pablum.

[DURHAM D]

30. You remain consistent.

In simple terms you hate the DNC. What does that make you?

[brentspeak]

31. Work on your material. n/t

[DURHAM D]

32. You think you swill is "material"?

Obvious agenda is obvious.

Goodbye

[JayhawkSD]

17. Well put.

"This OP is ridiculous." Indeed. Nor more need be said.

[FSogol]

24. Yeah, add me to the ""This OP is ridiculous" column.

[tarheelsunc]

28. +1 more. eom

[msanthrope]

10. You Better Believe It!!! It's amazing how your OP turns Bundy's racist assholery into a "test"

for Wasserman Shultz.

And I like the use of the term "rank-and-file Democrats." Well played.

[DURHAM D]

18. Yep. I caught a whiff of gender bias in the OP. nt

[brentspeak]

23. ??

Maybe you should stop taking a "whiff" of something else.

[brentspeak]

22. Oh, ho! ho! Loccollo!!

Don't worry -- you were not in my mind when the category of actual, genuine rank-and-file Democrats was invoked.

[CK_John]

12. As a member of Congress her job 1 is to get reelected and the DNC is a non functioning

organization which only comes alive to pick the convention venue and then goes to sleep for 4 yrs.

[brooklynite]

14. Schultz was appointed two years after Dean stepped down....

...but don't let that fact interrupt your diatribe.

[brentspeak]

26. She was appointed three years ago

http://www.democrats.org/news/blog/breaking_news_debbie_wasserman_schultz_elected_dnc_chair

You were saying something about "facts"?

[brooklynite]

37. ...and Dean left the DNC five years ago

Facts are stubborn things.

[merrily]

36. Kaine.

[BKH70041]

33. She's already spoke up.

She tweeted, "Cliven Bundy's comments are abhorrent and should be condemned immediately by all sides."

I think most reasonable people recognize that his abhorrent comments and his viewpoint regarding the land dispute are separate issues. People say stupid things. Did you abandon Jessie Jackson after he called NYC "Hymietown"?

[Iggo]

34. Oh, she sent out a tweet.

Well, then.

[merrily]

38. I don't think either Kaine or she did as well as Dean.

Also, the DNC was Dean's main focus at the time, as far as we know, while Kaine was still finishing serving as Governor when he took the job (though he had the job after his term ended, too) and DWS obviously has a day job.

There is a lot to look at, I will grant.

But, was she supposed to fail? Wouldn't Democratic officeholders from, cities to the Senate, be up in arms about that? The DNC helps protect their jobs.

As far as Clive, whenever I see DWS on a TV show, I think she does a pretty good job bashing Republicans.

I am getting less and less concerned about how well Rs and Ds bash each other and more and more concerned about what our officials do or do not do for us.

That said, I loves me a good bashing of Republicans. (Jon Stewart's been on fire this week, about Clive and Hannity both.)