When do the debates begin? Not the joint press conference we had on Tuesday, but the actual debates?
Yeah, I mean next thing you know they will put up a young state senator from Illinois with a funny name on stage to give a keynote speech because he represents a key demo. That might turn out bad.
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This is like a Bernie Sanders supportâs wet dream. Theyâve been harping on DWS for months (and theyâve been particularly nasty as many of them are towards Hillary) because they want more debates. DWS needs to either shut this down, and fast, so itâs not a distraction, or take some sort of private/internal confidence vote amongst the vice chairs and step down if necessary. Personally, I donât see the need for more debates, the few candidates we have get plenty of air time and with the GOP clown car careening at full speed, better to give them room to embarass themselves.
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Nice try.
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âThe Democratic National Committee staff has never been stronger,â he continued. âThe one thing that could stop us from having a great election coming up is if the chair continues to create these self-made dramas that are below what a chair should be doing.â
Rybak said that DNC officials have been urging Wasserman Schultz to include more people in the process for months.
Rybak is correct. DWS does not have the skills. She is the voice of the DNC, and she communicates quite poorly. I cringe when she shows up on TV. About the debates, itâs not so much the number for me, but rather the timing of the debates and that DWS refuses to consult with others in leadership or listen to opposing opinions when she makes important decisions. Iâve been hearing people outside the party leadership structure calling for DWS to step down for a long time.
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Seriously. WTF are we gonna hear in the 7th debate that we didnât in the first 6 already?
We have more freaking debates than candidates. And when considering serious candidates, you have 3 times the number of debates than serious candidates.
The only thing more debates do is provide Republicans with more attack ad material.
The Democratic party is really its own worst enemy.
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Letâs face it. Schultz has one interest and one interest only, electing Hillary Clinton at all costs. She put her heavy thumb down on the scale for Hillary.
She should be focusing on winning Senate and House races as well. Where is that effort?
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Oh gawwwwdâ! With such turmoil ahead in this election cycle and with so much to win or loseâŚfor the love of all thatâs holy DNC, get your act together NOW!!!
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Iâm waiting for the food fight.
âAnd thatâs why Iâm doing what I wanted not to do for a long time, which is go public with my serious questions of whether she can lead this party,â Rybak added
Or a pissing contest-- apparently.
Everybody involved should STFU and allow a deep bench of candidates to garner as much media spotlight as possible.
jw1
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Ah, Debbie, choo goh some âsplaininâ to do!
The Castros seem much younger and less ascetic than ObamaâŚa speech is one thing, power another.
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These two vice-chairs need to have their heads examined. Ok DWS may make mistakes. But with the candidates we have why should there be more debates. Do we really want to see and hear the three guys who mumbles and jumbled again. If we canât decide on our vote at the end of 6 debates we need a good head examination. We donât need infighting. DWS may be making mistakes. But those two vice-chairs had better park their egos until the campaign is over.
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*cue
More debates to keep current with events. Remember Obamaâs announcement yesterday (10/15/15) that troops will stay in Afghanistan longer, likely into the next presidentâs term, That was after this first debate and needs to be put before the candidates. Who knows what else could happen before the convention?
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What would the optics be of the DNC chair resigning at this moment? At a moment the GOP is rightly getting flak for not being able to choose a leader, I fear it would just lead to a lazy false equivalency in the media, etc., between both parties not being able to pick a leader. Itâs just too easy to do even though one party threatens the country and the other is threatening political egos.
Obviously this sniping is bad but a shakeup of the hierarchy right now doesnât seem any better.
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I suspect this has far less to do with debates as it does getting rid of DWS as DNC chair before the elections really get underway. She routinely comes across as out of her depth on television, and has a reputation for alienating those she works with and using her position to further her own influence more than the partyâs. Some of this may just be political back-biting, but I know many a Democrat cringes when she appears on the news shows.
She known as an aggressive fundraiser, which I suppose is why she is still in the job, but if your not recruiting candidates to spend the money on, itâs not going to help much.
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You know it is entirely possible the kind of outsider/insider tension that is ripping the Republican party to pieces is also adversely affecting the DNC. The Sanders people are clearly not the kind of people Schultz runs with on a regular basis. The Washington crowd is more concerned about fund raising and keeping identified constituent group leaders happy. Sanders has tapped in to what might be called the Democratic counterpoint to the Republican base. Those people donât hang out in Washington. They want action and they want it now.
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Iâve known that Debbie Wasserman Schultz has been at war with the truth since the 2008 presidential race. At least she is being consistent.
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Never mind the staff fighting, Wasserman-Schultz doesnât have the chops to be the DNC chair. Period.
Bring back Howard Dean - he was a great chair.
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Right, so these two grandstanding twits feeding the âDemocreats in disarrayâ meme the media eats up with a spoon in their dumbshit quest for more debates because thus have a agenda is helping the Democrats win the Senate and House how?
These are vice-chairs who are acting like high school girl cliques and trying to ride their own fabricated hobby horse issues to an ever willing media stable looking for âcontroversy with the DNCâ type stories.
Fuck them and fuck those screaming âwe have to be like the GOP and have a zillion debatesâ because of their own agendas.
The first debate was fantastic. The other five will likely be as good or better. The three candidates who are in sync with the country and the party base shined and only made themselves and the party look like the responsible adults in the room.
These vice chairs and the similar over-the-top boosters of certain campaigns are the antithesis of that.
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