Open Congress : News Articles for Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D, FL-20]

GOP assigns tutors to Palin

2008-09-05T00:00:00Z

Senate Democrats hinted at payback Thursday for Sen. Joe Lieberman, who called Barack Obama an untested candidate beholden to interest groups in a prime-time Republican National Convention address. Lieberman, a Democrat-turned-independent,

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Palin wows GOP, but can she woo centrists?

2008-09-04T00:00:00Z

By MARTIN SIEFFWASHINGTON, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- A beaming John McCain bounded on to the stage at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., Wednesday night, pointed at his vice presidential nominee, Sarah Palin, and proclaimed to the audience,

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Democrats to Palin: Let's see some solutions

2008-09-04T00:00:00Z

After a night when Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin rocked the Republican-packed Xcel Energy Center with a message of small-town can-doism and mockery of alleged Democratic elitism, Democrats demanded her specifics on national issues. "She mastered the words by

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Democrats: Sarah Palin delivers punch lines, little else

2008-09-04T00:00:00Z

MINNEAPOLIS – Vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's dazzling smile and rhetorical stiletto may have thrilled the Republican National Convention last night. But Democrats panned her performance Thursday, saying the main things she proved is that

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Democrats Begin Palin Counterattack

2008-09-04T00:00:00Z

Democrats are attacking Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on policy but not style after her speech accepting the vice presidential nomination received a rapturous response at the Republican National Convention. In a conference call Thursday, Rep. Debbie

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Democrats: Palin sarcastic and divisive

2008-09-04T00:00:00Z

U.S. Democrats say Republican vice presidential pick Gov. Sarah Palin's acceptance speech was divisive and scary. Shrill and sarcastic political attacks may fire up the Republican base, but they don't change the fact that a McCain-Palin administration

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Soccer mom Wasserman Schultz takes on hockey mom Palin

2008-09-04T00:00:00Z

As a former Hillary Clinton supporter well-known in the Jewish community, U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Weston is a valuable surrogate for Barack Obama in South Florida. Now that Sarah Palin has been added to the Republican ticket, Wasserman

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Palin's teenage daughter is pregnant

2008-09-01T00:00:00Z

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., an outspoken Clinton advocate who is now a vocal Obama supporter, said that the pregnancy of Palinâ€™s daughter â€œis not ...

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Why Obama treads carefully on GOP's veep pick

2008-08-31T00:00:00Z

But surrogates such as Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri and Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida may well attack, Obama aides said. ...

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GOP trying in presidential race to close gap in Palm Beach County

2008-08-31T00:00:00Z

Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Weston, and Robert Wexler, D-Boca Raton, reached out to their Jewish constituents Wexler's speech, devoted to foreign affairs, ...

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Why Obama treads carefully on GOP's veep pick

2008-08-31T00:00:00Z

The trap was set when McCain aired an ad congratulating Obama on his historic nomination as the Democratic candidate on Thursday. The next day, McCain made history by tapping Palin, the Alaska governor, as the first woman running mate on a GOP ticket.

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GOP trying in presidential race to close gap in Broward County

2008-08-31T00:00:00Z

John McCain's forces are campaigning hard for the votes of one of the most reliably Democratic voting blocs: Jewish voters. "The Jewish vote is up for grabs this year in the state of Florida," said state Rep. Adam Hasner, R-Boca Raton. "We're going

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Pundit pops cold quip about love and guv

2008-08-30T00:00:00Z

There's one name you can scratch from the growing list of potential contenders for the US Senate in 2010: Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the rising congressional ...

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Both parties inject drama into the race

2008-08-30T00:00:00Z

No Drama Obama? The Democratic convention was anything but. Laced with enough tears of anguish and joy to keep a team of crisis counselors billing overtime, the giant group therapy session belied the nominee's reputation as a cool customer. When Barack

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Wasserman Schultz: McCain VP pick shows 'colossally bad judgment'

2008-08-29T00:00:00Z

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) spoke by phone to NBC's Andrea Mitchell on Friday morning about Senator John McCain's selection of Alaska Governor ...

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Sorry, Charlie. McCain picks woman running mate Palin

2008-08-29T00:00:00Z

''Women don't want a candidate on the ballot just because of the parts that she has,'' Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz said on MSNBC, portraying Palin ...

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Reaction To Palin as McCain Veep Choice Mixed

2008-08-29T00:00:00Z

But caustic reaction was swift from some state Democrats to the choice of Palin, including from Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who was a national co-chair ...

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Democratic Rep. Wasseman Schultz Is Interviewed on MSNBC About ...

2008-08-29T00:00:00Z

MITCHELL: And on the phone right now, Debbie Wasserman Schultz , the congresswoman from Florida who gave one of the seconding speeches on the convention ...

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Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz on Obama's Historic Speech

2008-08-29T00:00:00Z

REP. DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, D-FLA.: Good afternoon. HEMMER: How does Barack Obama make his sale tonight to the millions and millions of people that you ...

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Democrats begin attacks on Palin

2008-08-29T00:00:00Z

Shortly after the announcement that Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) had selected Sarah Palin as his running mate, Democrats began questioning the Alaska governor’s ability to step in as president. Democrats also wasted no time bringing up that Palin

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