Obama endorses DNC chair Wasserman Schultz for re-election to Congress

[Freddie Stubbs]

Source: UPI

WESTON, Fla., March 28 (UPI) -- President Barack Obama has endorsed Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz in her re-election bid in the House of Representatives as she faces a noticeable challenge from candidate Tim Canova.

"Debbie has been a strong, progressive leader in Congress and a hardworking, committed chair of our national party since I proudly nominated her to the role in 2011," Obama said in the endorsement announced by the Wasserman Schultz campaign. "Throughout my time as president I have seen Debbie bring an unwavering commitment to her family, her constituents, and our shared goals of protecting seniors, supporting working families and expanding economic opportunity for more people."

Wasserman Schultz will face off against Canova in the August Democratic primary for Florida's 23rd Congressional district, which has been historically held by Democrats.

"President Obama has led this country from the depths of the Great Recession to an unprecedented period of private-sector job growth and low unemployment, and I've been proud to stand by him and help advance his agenda in Congress," Wasserman Schultz said in a statement. "His endorsement means so much to me, and inspires me to work even harder for the people of Florida's 23rd Congressional district.

Read more: http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2016/03/28/Obama-endorses-DNC-chair-Wasserman-Schultz-for-re-election-to-Congress/7021459163875/

[Faux pas]

1. Keep on selling us out, we don't care

[Cryptoad]

37. dont think u were sold out

yall were caught with ur hand in cookie jar and she wont back down!

[hollysmom]

62. yeppers, she will back those pay day loaners all the way and not back down from the position

A vote for D W-S is a vote for money out of the poor pockets of the USA.
So nice to see who supports her.

[Fuddnik]

64. You make about as much sense as a cookie jar.

Off you go....

[billhicks76]

77. Lol. Obama Is Obviously Scared

Last edited Mon Mar 28, 2016, 01:30 PM - Edit history (1)

Or returning a favor. Why would he lower himself to pick sides in a House primary?

[roguevalley]

107. Because they share the same things

His legacy is at stake. Way to piss off dems everywhere

[FighttheFuture]

119. Cryptoad lickin' them frogs again! Eh?

Your post makes no sense.

[cui bono]

143. Even though your post is false, it does show that you believe DWS is a Hillary shill.

Thanks for admitting it!

.

[Gregorian]

2. Don't look in the rearview mirror. Tim Canova has our support.

And from what I'm hearing, Wasserman's district is sick of her.

[peacebird]

29. Just sent Canova another donation.

[NCjack]

47. Me too

[DamnYankeeInHouston]

58. Will send him my first today. Shame on Obama.

We need a new party head. I pick Bernie.

[LiberalFighter]

68. Bernie won't even become the DNC chair.

Only a Democrat can be the DNC chair.

[DamnYankeeInHouston]

75. President Benie Sanders can pick the head of the party.

While everyone is so busy watching the other side implode, I fear it may also be happening on our side. Does the DLC really want to drive away Bernie supporters' enthusiasm, money and youth?

[musiclawyer]

145. You fear it may happen ?

It already did. The Democrativ Party long ago was infiltrated by 3rd way neoliberal Republicans lite. Obama and stupid compromise, zero Wall Street accountability and endless war are the result. The coup is complete if Hillary wins. The outcome is Middle class death for certain and what the powers that be think is perpetual oligarchy. But they are wrong .....

Dems have a choice. Go hard progressive with Bernie and resuscitate the party OR watch the party die as a new one, the party that Bernie's successors create amongst pissed off Dems, Indies, and areligious republicans blows off the doors starting in 2018 and beyond.

The status quo sucks balls if you are making less than 200k. And millions under that threshold from left to right every day realize they have been lied to all their life. Boomers die off and millennial non tv watching replacements accelerate the process.

The GOP is already dead and the Democratic Party is near death. Just that neither know it.

[Sunlei]

159. actually I'm not sure. Do you know if a President Sanders will be Independent party or change to D p

D party?

[OwlinAZ]

127. Hope they will rid her of office.

[Cobalt Violet]

3. what a fucking idiot!

Guess he just loves her 300% interest loans for the not so rich. Our party elites are out of touch to the point I can barely stand it anymore. If Bernie doesn't get the nomination I guess it will be time for me to move on. I hate Reaganomics and that what the dem. party now stands for.

[hack89]

6. So President Obama is a fucking idiot?

really?

[Scalded Nun]

9. No, not an idiot

Just a continuation of selling out progressives to the benefit of corporate Dems.

It is not like this is something new.

[PatrynXX]

10. not an idiot but seriously messed up.

she must have really protected his behind for something. What does he owe her? It was more Howard Dean than got him in.

[DhhD]

45. Does he have investments and/or partners in the Pay Day Loan business?

New Democrats like DWS, triangulate between the poor who buy a payday loan and the profiteers of payday loans with the legislators who regulate payday loans and their business practices.

[Cobalt Violet]

72. good question

[roguevalley]

108. he gets no pass from me. he just sold soldiers

and the poor into economic slavery

[PatrynXX]

120. he got my message.

whether he reads them or not. Endorsing DWS is attacking Elizabeth Warren I see no difference.

[secondwind]

138. AMEN, PatrynXX

[840high]

125. .+1

[billhicks76]

78. NSA

Remember when he flip flopped on that. They are the only ones who can answer these questions because they had his phone and email records going back 15 years at least.

[Cobalt Violet]

16. for endorsing DWS, yeah that's my opinion.

I'm not to fond of these Third wayers.

[SusanaMontana41]

136. I have no problem with "idiot'

If anything, it's too nice.

[Gore1FL]

23. This particular decsion was idiotic. n/t

[fleur-de-lisa]

14. Jury voted 3-4 to LEAVE IT.

On Mon Mar 28, 2016, 11:35 AM an alert was sent on the following post:

what a fucking idiot!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=1393893

REASON FOR ALERT

This post is disruptive, hurtful, rude, insensitive, over-the-top, or otherwise inappropriate.

ALERTER'S COMMENTS

President Obama is a "fucking idiot"? What has happened to the discourse on this great site? People can't disagree, without resorting to this stuff?

You served on a randomly-selected Jury of DU members which reviewed this post. The review was completed at Mon Mar 28, 2016, 11:44 AM, and the Jury voted 3-4 to LEAVE IT.

Juror #1 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: I love PBO and would normally vote to hide such criticism of him. But given what DWS stands for and the shittiness of her stance on the payday loan industry, this endorsement is mind blowing. Leave it.
Juror #2 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: I thought the post was over the top, rude, and inappropriate
Juror #3 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #4 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #5 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #6 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #7 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: No explanation given

[Cobalt Violet]

20. not surprised that someone alerted.

Hillary's supporters have no tolerance of any opinion other than the one inside their bubble.

[fleur-de-lisa]

25. Yep. I don't believe the alert was due to the use of

the phrase 'what a fucking idiot'. It was simply another ridiculous alert against a Bernie supporter.

Ugh! I can't wait until Bernie wraps this thing up!

[markj757]

54. This is what DU has become....

Bernie supporters calling the President a fucking idiot, then voting to LEAVE IT ALONE. It's a fucking shame.

[arcane1]

56. Did it hurt your little feelings?

Take out a payday loan and buy yourself something nice. Maybe a nice hat:

[Sunlei]

60. I'd never take out a payday loan, they charge to much interest.

[roguevalley]

110. Obama and dws don't care

[Roland99]

32. So sad to see him going out on a low note

[Hoyt]

116. Don't like payday loans, but for people that need them Fl doesn't allow anything near 300%.

In fact, a borrower can only have one outstanding loan at a time, limited to $500. And they are discouraged from taking out any loans. Unfortunately, some people have no other choice at times. Until we do something about that, Florida's law seems pretty good.

You need to check on facts before spreading BS.

http://www.flofr.com/StaticPages/PaydayLenders.htm

[onehandle]

4. Good. nt

[PatrynXX]

12. whats good about attacking Elizabeth Warren

do tell?

[Gore1FL]

24. Not for those of us in the traditional Democratic wing of the party. n/t

[CharlotteVale]

5. Funny how he left out that she's the payday lender's best friend.

[theaocp]

21. As with all these things,

he's either on board or ignorant of what is going on. Neither option is appealing. What a fucking mess.

[LibDemAlways]

7. Her nomination was one of Obama's worst decisions ever.

She's been incredibly effective in getting Republicans elected and is a DINO to the core. Very happy to see a real Democrat in the race to unseat her. Maybe some payday loan shark will give her a job when she's voted out.

[Freddie Stubbs]

93. And yet he hasn't replaced her

[lark]

109. Why should he?

She's doing what he wants, after all.

[Sunlei]

157. Not up to him to replace her, our DNC could have if they cared to.

[FighttheFuture]

121. Forcing out Howard Dean and shitcanning the 50 state strategy was even worse.

Then he put in that Milksop Tim Kaine.... ughh. Now Debbie Wasserman-Shits. Part and parcel for our DLC like 3rd-way Corporatist Democratic President.

[Dems to Win]

8. Obama failed to protect working Americans from rapacious banksters

Obama failed to hold accountable the banksters who stole homes from millions of Americans via mortgage fraud.

It's not surprising at all that Obama would support a Congresswoman who is going to bat for payday lenders who prey on the poor.

Go Tim Canova!

[Autumn]

11. Time to start donating to Tim Canova.

[Fuddnik]

51. Sending money today.

[Freddie Stubbs]

94. Send lots

[Blue State Bandit]

13. Weak tea.

Weak DNC chair.

Weak on Wall Street.

Weak on campaign finance reform.

Weak on being a decent human being.

[ciaobaby]

15. This is just wrong.

I think it is a result of Warren coming out against TPP. It's the best I can come up with. Kinda ruins my day.

[Freddie Stubbs]

96. Or it could be that he has had a long professional relationship with Congresswoman Wasserman Schultz

[MynameisBlarney]

17. BOOOOOOOO!!!!

DWS is gonna get voted out of office.

[LittleGirl]

18. Of course he did

She's establishment and he's doing his job as leader of the DNC. Her boss.

but we all know, she's done. DONE.

[mysuzuki2]

19. Another example of how he has let us down.

Obama: so much potential, so much disappointment.

[Cobalt Violet]

27. I feel like I got conned into voting for Reagan or Bush.

Never again. I won't do it again. I will only cast votes for a true progressive with a true progressive record from now on. The hardest thing for me is accepting the party's FDR values have been replace with Reagan's values.

[Sunlei]

158. No, it's 'you' he let down. I wish we could run Obama a third term.

[Sunlei]

22. I think Tim Canova will win that election, he would be excellent in Congress.

[Freddie Stubbs]

26. Yes, especially considering how Bernie did in that area

[Sunlei]

43. I like what he supports & his teaching career, he has worked with Sanders.

Obama gave a weak endorsement to D Schultz.

In Congress she did back the admin. on those issues he stated, but "hardworking, committed chair" for DNC isn't a glowing endorsement at all.

[BillZBubb]

28. Hope and change? Not so much.

The fact that he called her a progressive is the most astounding part of this. Has the Democratic party really sunk that low?

[TrueDemVA]

33. The Democratic Party has left us

Progressives and true liberals have been abandoned by our party. This is just the icing on the cake.

[LiberalElite]

76. It left us before

Obama.

[TryLogic]

95. Interestingly, both parties have left their most reasonable or clear minded constituents. I say the

the problem is big money radicals.

[AngryOldDem]

49. So what's the definition of "progressive" these days?

I had to laugh to myself this morning when I heard that the Clinton campaign's excuse for losing over the weekend was that there were a lot of progressives and not a lot of minorities in those caucus states.

Shouldn't that be sending some kind of message to Debbie and the DNC?

[BillZBubb]

101. I guess it varies by the intended audience.

A lot of Democrats these days call themselves progressives. Judging from the primaries a lot of them are not.

One thing can be said for certain: Anyone who defends and supports payday lenders is NOT a progressive.

[roody]

139. Yes.

[Sunlei]

160. all her Congress votes were firmly with the Democratic party, none were on Republican vote cluster.

I think social media 'news' has removed your understanding of our governments actual 'actions from the real world.

[mnhtnbb]

31. That's certainly a disappointment.

[hrmjustin]

34. In the end the Democratic voters of the district will make their choice.

It will be very interesting to see what they do.

[billhicks76]

85. Endorsement Shows Desperation

And weakness I wonder what this favor was called for.

[still_one]

86. Really, I had the impression all the posts dividing the president's endorsement

we're from her district in Flirida, at least they sound like it

[Omaha Steve]

35. FIRE DWS! Donate to Democratic Underground for Tim Canova FL-23 here

Donate to Democratic Underground for Tim Canova FL-23 here: https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/page/du4timcanova

[LiberalFighter]

81. That is basically the only way to get rid of her as Chair.

Although she still could be elected to that position. But she would have a loss hanging over her head that would not be good. Of course, Dean was chair but he was better at messaging than Debbie.

[Skwmom]

36. So this is what the Democratic Party stands for...

http://trofire.com/2016/03/28/obama-endorses-debbie-wasserman-schultz-florida-seat-cronies-stick-together/

[k8conant]

38. Gag me with a spoon...

payday lenders >> "expanding economic opportunity for more people." Yeah, themselves!

[DemocracyDirect]

39. Does anyone feel like something is causing President Obama to be loyal to 3rd way?

I'm a pretty good judge of character and I feel like he has enemies on both sides and is stuck between a rock and a hard place.

I've noticed his attitude is changing a bit as he gets closer to January.

By the way, I don't appreciate anyone calling PBO such harsh words. It didn't deserve a hide, but let's be respectful. If I heard a Republican say that, I would defend him.

[NCjack]

52. He seems to be weak on stuff he should be strong about; strong on stuff he should pulled away from.

[Gene Debs]

61. For seven years people have kept wondering what's been forcing President Obama to

embrace all these Third-Way, Neo-liberal, corporatist policies, as if he's fighting tooth and nail for the right thing, but the forces of evil just push him in the wrong direction at every turn. Isn't the far more simple and logical explanation that he's always been a Third-Way, Neo-liberal corporatist? I mean, at some point, you just have to acknowledge that the emperor is, in fact, naked.

[Daniel537]

140. The more you think about it

the more one realizes we were bamboozled in 2008 once it was down to Clinton v. Obama. The more progressive candidates were pushed out early on and ultimately we ended up getting the same health care mandate Clinton wanted along with the same free trade agreements and foreign policy she supported. The oligarchs won before a single vote was even cast.

[bkkyosemite]

84. I feel like they are holding something over his head..yes I have noticed.

[billhicks76]

88. NSA

[lark]

112. This gets to the basic question about Obama.

Is he a true Trojan Horse president, knowingly pretending to be progressive but not ruling that way or is he a progressive who has been bribed or threatened to rule as a moderate Repug? After 7 years, I'm still not sure which?

[Freddie Stubbs]

124. He is a centrist just like the 1st President Clinton

[billhicks76]

135. Clinton Was Friends With Bush Sr Since Early 80s

Very different. This is more about allegiances than governing.

[DemocracyDirect]

153. This is frightening.

Someone told me that Richard Nixon was a protege of Prescott Bush.
And that Richard Nixon was one of the most active Vice Presidents under Eisenhower.

George H W Bush was part of the Nixon and Ford administrations and then became head of the CIA in 1976 and then Vice President in 1980 and President in 1988.

It feels like other than Clinton and Obama it's been a lot of Bush.

[billhicks76]

154. Clinton Served Bush

They attended many private parties for decades before Bill left office. Bush Sr is probably involved with many heinous assassinations.

[DemocracyDirect]

155. Now I am terrified.

Why aren't people talking about this?

It sounds like you are suggesting that might have something to do with why they are loyal to 3rd way economic policy?

[billhicks76]

156. Jerry Brown

I vividly recall Clinton(Bush's friend although not publicized) coming out of nowhere once Perot entered the race to derail Bush for personal reasons. The PBS Roundtable debate was unconventional. Jerry was allowed to throw a photo up on the big screen. It had horrible optics. It was a prison boot camp...one of the first private prisons. It had all Black men in stripped fatigues and chained ankle to ankle like the old movies. Sam Nunn and Bill Clinton were inspecting the "troops" like an old Nazi camp scene. Bill turned beet red and muttered threateningly at Jerry and I quote ,"You don't know what you're messing with Jerry". It was obvious to me he meant things had already been decided and Bush Sr had recovered just fine from Iran Contra 4 years earlier and felt invincible. Bill was most certainly wrapped up in it all since the early 80s.

[billhicks76]

134. Very Astute

[DemocracyDirect]

147. It's the threatened part that concerns me...

... and should concern everyone else.

[ibegurpard]

150. He is loyal to 3rd way

Because he IS 3rd way.

[Kelvin Mace]

40. So, Obama now stands with predatory lenders?

Wow.

[Freddie Stubbs]

161. Yes, because that is the only issue that Congress ever deals with

[Kelvin Mace]

162. So, you are glossing over this as unimportant?

Somehow I don't think you would be so dismissive if she were endorsing Sanders. Obama's endorsement would then be seen as a betrayal.

[oldandhappy]

41. gag

I really appreciate Obama as president and would gladly repeat my two votes for him. He has been amazing during extremely difficult terms. AND, I guess he is finished! Supporting clinton and DWS is not right for me. These things tarnish him for now but are probably peanuts in terms of history.

[SHRED]

42. Barf.

[elleng]

44. DAMN!

Good, I suppose, for Canova; suggests he's getting somewhere.

[turbinetree]

46. Sorry........................................wrong

she has received over $30,000 FROM THE PAY DAY LENDER LOAN SHARKS, who charge women almost 400% in loan pay back costs on average around the country, who are more than likely trying to feed there kids, send them to school, making on average $8.25 a hour and then going back to the same criminals and starting another line of rip--off loan sharking, because the last pay check doesn't cover the costs of the last loan shark loan, so they take out another loan shark loan, and she Wasserman-Shultz with her "republican allies", basically wants to dismantle the CFPB (Consumer Financial Protection Bureau , ------------------really , and she has lost more seats in Congress, than any other chair in the DNC.

And, if voting for TPP qualifies for being a progressive, and voting for the continuation of developing a third rate country, and more jobs being lost with the mantra, that globalization will lift people up---------------go to the Iron Range in Minnesota and see what NAFTA has done, and what the TPP will finish off, my answer to that is which oligarchy gets lifted up with more greed and outsourcing jobs.

NAFTA was a failure, look at what Keystone is trying to do, sue the country and the people because they can't make a buck and she voted YEA for TPP along with 23 other people in the DINO Third Way party.

And if you get educated will make you better, to be a better worker in the globalization scheme of things --------------------really, paying workers pennies on the dollar outside the country based on pure greed, and then telling people that if they get the skill sets through education here to have better life style, while they are going going bankrupt to pay off a student debt does not make you a progressive, it makes you a DINO, you've outsourced the jobs, and then what's left?

I have a Bachelor of Science Degree, I cannot complete against someone that more than likely has at the most a 8th grade education in a sweat shop, (like in I don't know Vietnam, Brunei, Singapore, or works in China under a communist government contolled system, and if you want to do business in that country you have to basically set up shop and give them your R&D stuff to make the same stuff that was made in the original country, because if you don't belong to the communist party you don't get an education), against the same workers in this country and around the world , what am I missing here-----------------------greed------------check, sensibility/ fairness--------------------------not on this watch------------------check, ect......................

And then if you go to the TPP web site-------------your get this commercial front and center:

https://ustr.gov/tpp/

I think if I lived in the 23rd District of Florida my vote will or would be going for Tim Canova, that's being progressive.--------------check

https://timcanova.com/



Honk------------------------for a political revolution Bernie 2016

[Eric J in MN]

48. Why does Obama consider it inappropriate to endorse in a presidential primary

..but appropriate to endorse in a House primary?

[Freddie Stubbs]

55. One of the races involves an incumbent, the other does not

[cannabis_flower]

92. It is my opinion

that it is inappropriate to endorse in a primary, whether the person being endorsed is an incumbent or not.

[TryLogic]

103. I strongly agree.

[floppyboo]

59. proxy nt

[LiberalFighter]

74. Neither Hillary or Bernie are incumbents.

Debbie is and I'm sure Obama will do many more endorsements for congressional members.

[arcane1]

53. Well, he's letting us know whose side he is on.

Hint: it's not ours.

[Gene Debs]

66. You're only just now seeing this?

[arcane1]

70. I've had his number since day one, but it's nice to see him being more open about it n/t

[Gene Debs]

80. I guess the need to maintain any pretense has slipped away completely.

[arcane1]

87. Indeed.

[Freddie Stubbs]

99. He's on the side of long-time Democrats apparently

Considering that Wasserman Schultz's opponent has been a registered Democrat for less than a year.

[arcane1]

104. Exactly. Party over principle n/t

[Freddie Stubbs]

122. I'm sure that President Obama is very familiar with Ms. Wasserman Schultz's principles

[arcane1]

126. Or lack thereof n/t

[villager]

57. Well, that figure.

I guess we can still say Obama's been our best Republican President since Lincoln, though...

[EndElectoral]

63. This is leadership?

[2naSalit]

65. Perhaps

he has done it because he may "owe her" but it might also be that her political career is burnt, soggy toast anyway and it wouldn't matter is Jebus endorsed her...?

Just a thought. I don't' like a lot of the decisions the president makes but doesn't mean I will understand his rationale for each one either.

I personally hope she loses her hind end in this upcoming election.

[staggerleem]

67. Excuse me, but I'm going to use a phrase that may be unfamiliar here ...

... "Politics as usual." The sitting President is the nominal leader of his party, as well as the nation as a whole. The party leadership, in their dubious wisdom, selected Ms. Dubya-Schultz as the National Party Chairperson. Forgive me, but I do not see a graceful way for the President to NOT endorse a national party chairperson who is running for office. He may not have been terribly happy to make this endorsement, but had to make it nonetheless - anything else would be unseemly indeed!

Maybe, after the endorsement, the President did what Bill Maher did last Friday night. After saying that given ONLY the choice between President Donald Trump and President Ted Cruz, he would have to pick Cruz (Ted has the thicker skin, was essentially his reason) Maher washed his mouth out from a bottle labeled "BLEACH". I know I'd be tempted to do that if I was in Obama's position.

[BunkieBandit]

146. Very true.

How would it look if he hadn't endorsed someone he hand-picked for chair, although his position is lose/lose at best.

[staggerleem]

165. The President does not "hand-pick" the party chair.

I believe the choice is made by a party leadership committee, which may or may not include the President.

I'm hoping they ALL get embarrassed, and Debbie loses her primary, and FL23 gets a new, progressive, small-d democratic representative in Tim Canova.

[wendylaroux]

69. Oh Obama nooo!!!!!!

I'll tell you what,if that man wasn't so good looking,

well I'd throw him to the curb.

[LiberalFighter]

71. He wouldn't do otherwise.

An incumbent is going to get the nod unless they are like a Joe McCarthy.

[Freddie Stubbs]

115. He hasn't endorsed every incumbent with a primary challenge

[staggerleem]

164. But she's not JUST an incumbent.

She's the national chairperson of the sitting President's party. How on Earth can he NOT endorse her without having the ENTIRE party look like a bunch of morons?

[freebrew]

73. Seriously!?....

3rd way sellout.

[Simongren]

79. Well, it led to another donation to her opponent

I normally donate closer to home, but her stance for usurious interest led me to donate to her opponent. However, I wouldn't have been reminded of her favoring usury if he hadn't endorsed her.

[bkkyosemite]

82. I think hope and change was sincere when Obama was running. I certainly believed him.

But maybe they (whoever they may be) have something on him that made him make the decisions he has made. (TPP, CPI, etc)

[Still In Wisconsin]

83. This is like when some arrogant athletic director refuses to fire an incompetent coach because

he's the one who hired him/her. DWS has given NO evidence that she should be retained, and much that she should not.

Bad, bad call Mr. President. He doesn't need to endorse Canova but there's no way he should be endorsing DWS.

[billhicks76]

89. Time For Warren To Endorse Bernie

[Freddie Stubbs]

91. That will certainly help in the Massachusetts primary

[modestybl]

90. I'm glad the Sanders campaign is persisting with the lawsuit...

... this corrupt shill needs to be exposed.

[Loudestlib]

100. Debbie Wasserman Schultz planned to accuse Obama of being anti-woman and anti-Semitic

Wasserman Schultz has a different sense of herself. According to people who spoke with her, when she sensed Obama was considering replacing her as chair in 2013, she began to line up supporters to suggest the move was both anti-woman and anti-Semitic. Under fire last fall for her leadership, she took Obama’s decision not to remove her then as evidence of renewed strength and said she was confident no one could get her out of the DNC before her term is over at the beginning of 2017, according to sources who’ve spoken with her. She’s also been known to joke around the office about how having a vacation home in New Hampshire might one day be helpful in a presidential run.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/02/senate-bid-could-be-solution-for-wasserman-schultz-115373#ixzz44Dcynzot
Follow us: @politico on Twitter | Politico on Facebook

[TryLogic]

105. Interesting.

[MBS]

117. I remember this story, too

and it sounds just like her.

[Liberty Belle]

152. if true he could undercut that in one fell swoop

If he were to endorse Senator Sanders, who is Jewish, or if he wasn't willing to do that, state that the superdelegates should support whoever gets the most votes, after all to do otherwise if Sanders wins the popular vote would make it appear that the Democratic Party is anti-semitic. Hoist her with her own petard.

Apart from her actions as essentially a part of the Clinton campaign when the DNC has not made a pre-primary endorsement, her actions regarding the pay day lenders alone should be enough to toss her out as party leader.

[cantbeserious]

102. Sickening - Just Sickening

eom

[SwankyXomb]

106. Thanks for nothing, Barry.

You just guaranteed at least 2 more years of Republicans ruling Congress, thanks to your endorsement of Debbie Weasel-Shit.

[SoapBox]

111. DWS and the TPP too!

Disappointment after disappointment.

The Elites just cannot help themselves, it seems.

GO Tim Canova! Donate...anyway you can...money and / or time!

[FighttheFuture]

123. Obama is just securing his lifetime membership to "the club". Just like the Clintons who became

incredibly rich after they left the Whitehouse.

How The Clintons Have Made $230 Million Since Leaving The White House

Less than a week before the Clintons left the White House in 2001... a couple who had more than $1 million in legal debt and a net worth of nearly nothing at the time. ... Over the next 15 years, they earned more than $230 million before taxes.

The money flowed in fast. Bill delivered the first of hundreds of high-paying speeches on February 5, 2001, less than three weeks after he left the presidency, talking to Morgan Stanley in New York for $125,000. The firm got a bargain. Bill eventually raised his average rate to roughly $225,000 per speech, in some cases charging $500,000, ... All told, he raked in about $100 million from speaking from 2001 to 2014.
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Hillary didn’t bring in the sort of money her husband did until 2013, when she left her post as Secretary of State. She quickly jumped into a lucrative speaking tour, starting, as Bill had 12 years earlier, by giving a speech to Morgan Stanley. On April 18, 2013, she spoke to the firm and charged $225,000. She continued speaking throughout the year, talking exclusively to audiences in the United States and Canada, never charging less than $225,000 for a paid speech. By the end of the year, she had earned $9 million from speaking.

[riderinthestorm]

113. Her internal numbers must be bad

[montanacowboy]

114. This Makes me sick!

Oh, hopey changey man
What a friggin phoney

[FighttheFuture]

118. Birds of a feather, natch! Wait until the TPP goes on through... we'll wish all we had we payday

loansharks to deal with! Thanks Obama!

[INdemo]

128. So then he approves of 300% interest on payday loans

And it's one Corpratist to another

[democrank]

129. Sad but hardly surprising.

Wasserman Schultz deserves to be defeated.

[Cryptoad]

130. Performance!

[TIME TO PANIC]

131. Typical.

[hopeforchange2008]

132. Very disappointing

[Tarheel_Dem]

133. Good for him.

[secondwind]

137. very disappointing

[Daniel537]

141. Payday Debbie? Of course he endorsed her.

At this point it wouldn't surprise me if he gave Kissinger the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The elites look after each other and always will. DNC should just rename itself the DLC to make it official.

[LiberalElite]

142. THANKS, OBAMA!

[cui bono]

144. Well he sure ain't no Bernie!

[DemocratSinceBirth]

148. Don't really care one way or the other...

That being said my uncle lived in Century Village, smack dab in the middle of her district. It's practically made for her. Hillary carried it with over 70% of the vote.

[lancer78]

149. "Third way"

Will always support "turd way" candidates.

[Liberty Belle]

151. Excuse me while I throw up, please.

This absolutely makes me sick, more than anything else Obama has done.

[Firestorm49]

163. Bad Move, Mr. President

DSW has been a disgrace to the Democratic Party. Under her lack of leadership, democrats have lost control of far too many states, state government positions, local courts, appeals courts, and on and on. Meanwhile, the GOP master plan of taking over on the grass roots level has flourished. The result is repulsive voter restrictions, injection of religion into politics, restrictions on the right of a woman to decide what's best for her, an on, and on, and on.
DSW has not served the party well, the results are easily observable. Where are the democratic voters in the primaries? Schultz has done nothing to inspire the rank and file democrats in this country. The republicans are coming out in record setting numbers. This could go on all day.
Boot DSW now!