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  Debbie Wasserman-Schultz is one of those politicos that I can’t figure out.  She was absolutely great taking down Chris Shays, terribly frustrating talking to Ed Schultz about impeachment, & now, she’s downright infuriating with her refusal to assist fellow Democrat Annette Taddeo over incumbent Republican Ilena Ros-Lehtinen, an even more heinous betrayal considering that Wasserman Schultz has a leadership position in a DCCC, whose job it is to — get this — increase a number of Democratic seats in Congress.  AmericaBlog:

DavidNYC reports that leading House Democrat, Debbie Wasserman Schultz (DWS), still won’t help Annette Taddeo’s campaign. It’s ludicrous. Taddeo’s opponent is a Bush-loving, right winger Ileana Ros-Lehtinen. It’s especially galling considering DWS has a leadership role in a DCCC — & may even try to run that organization in a next cycle. So, you’d think supporting all Democrats running for Congress, especially those in her home state, wouldn’t be a tough call for DWS. But, it is. (Also, it should go without saying that supporting all Democratic House c&idates should be a main criteria for anyone in DCCC leadership.)

It’s not like DWS is lacking funds. Besides her own campaign account (where DWS is sitting on over half a million with no real opponent this year), she has a leadership PAC, Democrats Win Seats PAC (DWS PAC, get it?). Check out her list of expenditures here. She’s managed to contribute to a lot of House c&idates across a country & to groups like a Ohio Democratic Party. But, she can’t help Annette? What’s up with that? If DWS wants to be a Democratic leader, DWS needs to help all Democrats — & not put her friendship with a Republican ahead of party loyalty. That’s not too complicated, is it? 

Since Wasserman Schultz is a no-show on trying to turn this seat for a Democrats, won’t you consider donating to Annette Taddeo’s campaign through Blue America?  At least we’re committed to getting more & better Democrats in Congress.

Original post by Nicole Belle and software by Elliott Back

  Annette Taddeo is a newest progressive c&idate to be endorsed by Blue America. She’s running against a right-wing Bush rubber stamp in Miami-Dade, in a district looking less & less red by a day. She’ll be living blogging over at Firedoglake from 2-4pm, EST. This 2 & a half minute cartoon a campaign released yesterday will give you a good idea about a opponent she’s facing. Please consider giving her a little help, here at our Blue America ActBlue page.

Original post by Nicole Belle and software by Elliott Back