Discussion: Reports: Dems Weighing Effort To Oust DNC Chair Before Election

And whoever they replace her with will also be vilified by the Sanders team, but it may be a necessary evil to placate some of his supporters.

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I don’t think she should be re-appointed after her term, we’ve lost a lot of local & state races under her leadership, I don’t feel she’s done a great job. But I don’t want to see her sacrificed to the howling cry babies in the Sanders campaign, because … fuck them, they’re a bunch of howling cry babies and this would only encourage them.

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I’m no fan of DWS, but replacing her now would be a public relations nightmare for the Democrats and a gift to Trump.

She needs to go—right after the election.

Her role at the convention can be altered if necessary to assuage the hurt feelings of those delicate souls in the failed Bernie campaign.

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Get “50 State” Howard Dean back .
Or a least someone who has a clue, the cajones and knows how to help the down tickets with credible candidates.
I live in Florida .
Rick Scott? As popular as Ebola and he wins two terms .
Thanks DWS

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Who cares if Sanders supporters will “go nuts?” The small minority of them that go nuts about everything will go nuts about whatever is done about her and anything else, so there’s no point in ousting her right now. The rational thing to do is replace her once her term is up, not capitulate to the people who won’t be placated by it anyway because they’ll find something else to yell about.

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Sanders supporters would go nuts

Who could tell?

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This is the price Sanders will extract for supporting HRC during the campaign.

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You may very well be right.

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And t his would do WHAT??? Give in to the rabid Bernie supporters who somehow ‘blame’ DWS for every little thing wrong with their campaign?

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But only if he gets to name her successor, and he is given bendy straws for his most fanatical disciples.

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“There have been a lot of meetings over the past 48 hours about what color plate do we deliver Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s head on,” a Democratic senator who backs Hillary Clinton said.

Yes. Let’s use violent imagery of beheading someone when talking about firing them from their job. Way to stay classy, Dems!

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I am always swayed by the conventional wisdom of anonymous sources – especially as reported by a fine liberal source such as The Hill – so mark me down as convinced.

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I will be very surprised if he supports her during the campaign in any substantive way.

Bernie has no history of helping other candidates.

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geez h christ…how much more appeasement the Sanders Snowflakes is going to be giving here

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From Observer.com, 1/2115 :

“Her leadership led to catastrophic losses for the Democrats during the 2014 midterm elections. She directly assisted in losses by refusing to support three Democrats, Miami-Dade Democratic Party chair Joe Garcia, former Hialeah Mayor Raul Martinez and businesswoman Annette Taddeo, who were challenging Republican Reps. Mario Diaz-Balart, Lincoln Diaz-Balart and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, because she is friends with her Republican colleagues.”

Seems like a decent bone to throw to Bernie. See ya, Debs.

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well I guess if you can’t beat Clinton you can take out one of her surrogates before the general…yah that’s brilliant.

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The senator also said “Sanders supporters would go nuts” if Wasserman Schultz was allowed to continue and that about a dozen lawmakers have talked about the prospect behind closed doors.

“Mark my word, if and when these preachers get control of the [Republican] party, and they’re sure trying to do so, it’s going to be a terrible damn problem. Frankly, these people frighten me. Politics and governing demand compromise. But these Christians believe they are acting in the name of God, so they can’t and won’t compromise. I know, I’ve tried to deal with them.” ~ Barry Goldwater

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I think he is genuinely frightened (as should we all be) of a Trump presidency.

Some things might just transcend internecine squabbling.

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At this point, I wouldn’t be at all surprised if Bernie throws his hands up in the air, wags his fingers at us and say, “Fuck you!” Seriously. Wouldn’t be disappointed, either, because I’m expecting zilch from the man. If he says anything remotely positive, it’ll be “Well, yeah, we gotta stop Donald Trump,” nothing about Hillary’s strong points, etc., because he’s made it crystal clear he doesn’t think Hillary is qualified to be POTUS.

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