Wasserman Schultz Eyes Leadership Ladder

[babylonsister]

Wasserman Schultz Eyes Leadership Ladder
By Anna Palmer and Steven T. Dennis, CQ-Roll Call


Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz is taking all the right steps from now to Election Day to make her a favorite to assume the helm of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee next cycle.

The Florida Democrat, who is vice chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee and vice chairwoman for incumbent retention for the DCCC, is traveling to 20 districts before the midterm elections to raise money and headline campaign events for vulnerable lawmakers.

“This is the third cycle that I’ve been spending a lot of time on the road,” Wasserman Schultz said. “It’s more and more every cycle. Mostly it’s because ‘Frontline’ Members have asked me to come to their districts.”

Several leadership aides and Democratic lobbyists said Wasserman Schultz’s intense fundraising schedule is part of her strategy to earn a senior leadership position next cycle — either at the DCCC or within the Democratic Caucus.

But Wasserman Schultz isn’t the only Democrat angling for a spot in leadership.

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[DonCoquixote]

1. OH great

Folks, unless you are talking about Alan grayson, you do not want any Florida democrat in national leadership of the party. The local party is hard blue dog AND barely competent enough to float a bar of soap. Miss schulz is a blue dog.

[seafan]

2. Eyeing another prize? Ms. Wasserman Schultz is just being Ms. Wasserman Schultz.

Wasserman Schultz Eyes Leadership (Ladder), CQ Politics, August 11, 2010

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz is taking all the right steps from now to Election Day to make her a favorite to assume the helm of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee next cycle.
The Florida Democrat, who is vice chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee and vice chairwoman for incumbent retention for the DCCC, is traveling to 20 districts before the midterm elections to raise money and headline campaign events for vulnerable lawmakers.

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Several leadership aides and Democratic lobbyists said Wasserman Schultz’s intense fundraising schedule is part of her strategy to earn a senior leadership position next cycle — either at the DCCC or within the Democratic Caucus.

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“That’s one of the real assets she brings to the table,” Rep. Bruce Braley (Iowa) said. “I call it a pay-it-forward mentality. She has the luxury of being in a district where she is probably going to get re-elected without a huge challenge.”
“You know that’s a way that breeds loyalty and a sense of commitment that she’s helping,” Braley added.

In addition to fundraising, Wasserman Schultz has also raised her national profile, regularly appearing on cable news shows and on the Sunday talk shows. Since January, she’s been on Sunday shows four times, the same amount as Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (Md.) and once more than Pelosi.

Wasserman Schultz said she isn’t focused on what leadership positions might be open next Congress.
“I’m focused on working hard to re-elect our Members,” Wasserman Schultz said. “I’ve always felt that I’m from a district where I can help, so I do.”

“Thinking about any of that other stuff is putting the cart before the horse,” she added.

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Wait, Debbie.

Some of us are still thinking about some of your other *stuff*. And it doesn't breed loyalty. It breeds cynical contempt.



We and some Democratic candidates from her own district haven't forgotten her *help* in 2008.

As co-chair of the Red to Blue campaign to help elect Democrats, she refused to help Hialeah Mayor Raul Martinez, outgoing Miami-Dade Democratic party chair Joe Garcia and businesswoman Annette Taddeo in their hard-fought campaigns to unseat the Republicans Mario and Lincoln Diaz-Balart and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, the terrible right-wing conservative trio of Miami.


Why? Her friendships with them just made it "too sensitive for me". The result? She left all three Democrats twisting in the wind. All three lost to Debbie's Republican friends.


This is precisely what we do not need from a Democrat who is hungry for her own power.



We don't forget things you have done, Ms. Wasserman Schultz.




Did anyone else hear Rep Debbie Wasserman Schultz on WINZ (Miami) this morning?, November 8, 2007

Interview transcript with Ed Schultz, November 8, 2007


Still angry over that interview., March 9, 2008


Here are a few more about this woman who contributes very little to our cause:, March 10, 2008

National bloggers, local Democrats tear into Wasserman Schultz, March 24, 2008

Those mean old bloggers demand accountability, Ms. Wasserman Schultz., March 19, 2008





Debbie Wasserman Schultz, semifinalist, Member Who Just Won’t “Walk the Talk" contest, September 18, 2009


Another example: When it was obvious that the voter-despised FISA amendments were going to pass on June 20, 2008, she *safely* voted against the FISA amendments so she could claim she *fought for the people's rights*. She has pulled this cynical stunt before.


If ever there were a politician out to serve her own ambition, Ms. Wasserman Schultz epitomizes it.



I am fed up with these people.

[Scurrilous]

3. K & R

:thumbsup:

[sufrommich]

4. I really like her and would love to see her move to a

leadership position. Good for her.