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

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

IPOSTED THIS ON GD=PRIMARIES BUT THOUGHT SOME OF YOU WHO MIGHT KNOW OF THESE DEM CANDIDATES MIGHT SHED SOME LIGHT ON WHY WASSERMAN-SCHULTZ WOULD NOT WORK TO GET THEM ELECTED?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x5021440

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1. I've got an idea why...

because the battle to unseat Clay Shaw back in 2006, with just a good push by Wasserman-Schultz and others, had a good chance of succeeding. I applaud the people running against the Diaz-Balarts and Ros-Lehtinen, but winning against a Republican in those heavily Cuban (read: extremely Republican) districts is all but impossible -- at least, at the present time. Those demographics are changing -- younger Cuban-Americans aren't nearly as conservative as their parents and grandparents -- but they haven't changed enough to not guarantee re-election for South Florida's Republicans.