WTF? Wasserman Schultz stays on sidelines as 3 Dems attempt to unseat her Republican Colleagues!

[mod mom]

FL-18, FL-21, FL-25: Wasserman Schultz to sit out South Florida races
by brownsox
Tue Mar 11, 2008 at 10:53:00 AM PDT

Since the beginning of the 2006 election cycle, I have generally been quite pleased, and impressed, by the performance of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. I think they've made some mistakes here and there-they're only human-but overall, I've been quite happy with the DCCC's performance. It's hard to argue with results, and we've gained 31 seats in that time, capped by an impressive victory in Saturday's IL-14 special election, which delivered the seat of a former Republican Speaker of the House to our Democratic Party.
That said, I find this unacceptable: Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, co-chair of the DCCC's Red to Blue Program, apparently won
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.
That wasn't the case just two years ago when the pair flouted a long-standing Florida delegation agreement to not campaign against colleagues and vigorously backed Ron Klein in his winning bid to oust veteran Republican Rep. Clay Shaw.
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.
''At the end of the day, we need a member who isn't going to pull any punches, who isn't going to be hesitant,'' Wasserman Schultz said.
Yes, we do, Rep. Wasserman Schultz.
Look, at some level, I understand not wanting to campaign against your friends. I do. I also understand that the Florida delegation has long had a non-aggression pact, and that Wasserman Schultz broke tradition by campaigning against Clay Shaw in 2006.
But as co-chair of Red to Blue, Wasserman Schultz isn't an ordinary Rep. In her capacity at the DCCC, her chief responsibility, her highest priority, is to do whatever it takes to win, in every district we have a chance at winning.

-snip
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/3/11/91515/2727/800/474133

[redqueen]

1. Wow.

[HooptieWagon]

2. If the three challengers aren't DLC

they may be funding their campaigns themselves. FDP is pretty bad about only funding DLCers and leaving populsts and progressives hanging out to dry. It's a classic good ol' boy(girl) system... That's one of the chief reasons FL has turned from blue to purple to red. State Party does a really lousy job.

[mod mom]

4. I'm not from FL. Do you have any info on them? Are they in need of financial help?

[HooptieWagon]

5. I'm not familiar with them, or their positions.

But the Rep incumbents are the worst of the worst extreme RW Miami-Cubans.

[Bigleaf]

3. Fuck, we have to run people against these idiots and get rid of them.

Fucking disgusting!

[mod mom]

6. Corporatists first, Democrats second-SAD! SHE'S CO-CHAIR OF THE DCCC RED TO BLUE CAMPAIGN!

[K Gardner]

7. This is the lovely Clinton surrogate who was on TV this morning saying they would not accept a

mail-in revote for FL because it would put HRC at a disadvantage. Evidently, she's cut from the same cloth as "her gal".

[madfloridian]

8. What have I told you about Florida Democrats???

They are Republicans. They have switched parties so much they don't know who they are.

The Florida Democratic leaders are not your usual people at all.

[Vinca]

9. I used to have tons of respect for Wasserman-Schultz. Meeks, too.

Guess this is what happens when you're officially an insider.

[mod mom]

10. Insider of the DLC-you mean right?

[Vinca]

14. Uh huh. nt

[madfloridian]

11. I just recommended this.

Florida Democrats are pains in the neck.

[pscot]

12. Fear, plain and simple.

They're afraid of the Cuban-American vote.

[MagickMuffin]

13. Isn't that AGAINST the Democratic Party RULES: it IS in my state?.?.?

I guess the Democratic Party has lost its backbone to make these people to uphold their pledge.




Here's just a few examples of how Lincoln votes in the House

ON ABORTION:

Voted NO on expanding research to more embryonic stem cell lines. (Jan 2007)
Voted NO on allowing human embryonic stem cell research. (May 2005)
Voted YES on restricting interstate transport of minors to get abortions. (Apr 2005)
Voted YES on making it a crime to harm a fetus during another crime. (Feb 2004)
Voted YES on banning partial-birth abortion except to save mother’s life. (Oct 2003)
Voted YES on funding for health providers who don't provide abortion info. (Sep 2002)
Voted YES on banning Family Planning funding in US aid abroad. (May 2001)
Voted YES on federal crime to harm fetus while committing other crimes. (Apr 2001)
Voted YES on banning partial-birth abortions. (Apr 2000)
Voted YES on barring transporting minors to get an abortion. (Jun 1999)
Rated 0% by NARAL, indicating a pro-life voting record. (Dec 2003)
Rated 100% by the NRLC, indicating a pro-life stance (190 members). (Dec 2006)

ON CIVIL RIGHTS

Voted YES on prohibiting job discrimination based on sexual orientation. (Nov 2007)
Voted NO on Constitutionally defining marriage as one-man-one-woman. (Jul 2006)
Voted YES on making the PATRIOT Act permanent. (Dec 2005)
Voted YES on protecting the Pledge of Allegiance. (Sep 2004)
Voted YES on constitutional amendment prohibiting flag desecration. (Jun 2003)
Voted YES on banning gay adoptions in DC. (Jul 1999)
Voted NO on ending preferential treatment by race in college admissions. (May 1998)
Supports anti-flag desecration amendment. (Mar 2001)
Rated 13% by the ACLU, indicating an anti-civil rights voting record. (Dec 2002)
Rated 63% by the HRC, indicating a mixed record on gay rights. (Dec 2006)

ON CORPORATIONS

Voted NO on allowing stockholder voting on executive compensation. (Apr 2007)
Voted YES on replacing illegal export tax breaks with $140B in new breaks. (Jun 2004)
Voted YES on Bankruptcy Overhaul requiring partial debt repayment. (Mar 2001)
Rated 90% by the US COC, indicating a pro-business voting record. (Dec 2003)
Rated 31% by the NAACP, indicating an anti-affirmative-action stance. (Dec 2006)

ON CRIME

Voted YES on expanding services for offendors' re-entry into society. (Nov 2007)
Voted YES on more prosecution and sentencing for juvenile crime. (Jun 1999)
Voted NO on maintaining right of habeus corpus in Death Penalty Appeals. (Mar 1996)
Voted YES on making federal death penalty appeals harder. (Feb 1995)
Voted NO on replacing death penalty with life imprisonment. (Apr 1994)
Rated 33% by CURE, indicating anti-rehabilitation crime votes. (Dec 2000)

ON DRUGS

Voted YES on military border patrols to battle drugs & terrorism. (Sep 2001)
Voted YES on prohibiting needle exchange & medical marijuana in DC. (Oct 1999)
Voted NO on subjecting federal employees to random drug tests. (Sep 1998)
Rated -30 by NORML, indicating a "hard-on-drugs" stance. (Dec 2006)
Rated 82% by the NCJA, indicating a mixed record on criminal justice. (Dec 2005)

ON EDUCATION

Voted YES on additional $10.2B for federal education & HHS projects. (Nov 2007)
Voted NO on allowing Courts to decide on "God" in Pledge of Allegiance. (Jul 2006)
Voted NO on $84 million in grants for Black and Hispanic colleges. (Mar 2006)
Voted YES on allowing school prayer during the War on Terror. (Nov 2001)
Voted YES on requiring states to test students. (May 2001)
Voted YES on allowing vouchers in DC schools. (Aug 1998)
Voted YES on vouchers for private & parochial schools. (Nov 1997)
Voted YES on giving federal aid only to schools allowing voluntary prayer. (Mar 1994)
Supports requiring schools to allow prayer. (Jan 2001)
Rated 10% by the NEA, indicating anti-public education votes. (Dec 2003)
Supports a Constitutional Amendment for school prayer. (May 1997)

Check out more here:

http://www.ontheissues.org/FL/Lincoln_Diaz-Balart.htm

Why would ANYONE want to align themselves to these idiots?.?.?

[redqueen]

15. Good question...