Rachel Moss: Whose side are they on?

Written by: Susan Rowe on Aug 14, 2008 1:06 PM EDT

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written in a message from Rachel Moss received on Wednesday, August 13, 2008 8:14 AM PDT

Some Democrats don't seem to know whose side they are on.

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz represents a safe Democratic seat in South Florida. She's also the co-chair of the DCCC Red to Blue program -- whose mission is to elect more Democrats to the House. But she won't campaign against South Florida Republicans. In fact, she's repeatedly spouted lavish praise for Republican Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen instead of supporting the Democratic opponent: DFA-endorsed candidate Annette Taddeo. Just exactly whose side is Rep. Wasserman Schultz on?

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Democratic Senator Daniel Inouye from Hawaii, the third-longest serving member of the Senate, is busy shuttling back and forth to Alaska where he is actively campaigning for his longtime buddy, the indicted Republican Senator, Ted Stevens. He's not campaigning for DFA-endorsed Democrat Mark Begich. Evidently building a filibuster proof majority in the Senate is not a priority. Whose side is Sen. Inouye on?

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Rep. Kendrick Meek also represents a safe Democratic district in South Florida -- but he's not out there stumping for DFA-endorsed Democrat Joe Garcia. Instead he's holding campaign events with Republican extremist Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart. Whose side is Rep. Meek on?

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If you thought these safe-seat Democrats were going to work hard to elect more Democrats this election, you were wrong. They are too busy out campaigning for their Republican buddies.

There is a difference between bipartisanship and throwing your team under the bus. Our DFA-endorsed challengers have enough of an uphill battle against incumbents who have had years to fill their campaign coffers with money from lobbyists and Washington special interests. They already have the RNC smear machine working overtime against them. They don't need Beltway Democrats undermining them every step of the way.

But you always know whose side Democracy for America is on. We fight for the Democratic wing of the Democratic Party. Make sure we have the resources to win and elect progressive Democrats everywhere.

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Thank you for all that you do,

- Rachel

Rachel Moss, Finance Director
Democracy for America

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