I think the GOP hates Debbie's hair. I don't understand what else it could be. Unless. She is too competitive for someone more delicate.

Debbie has always been one of the most competitive Democrats in the caucus.  Asking her to back down from that now would be like asking her to become a Republican or even something less horrible.

\By VICTORIA MCGRANE & RYAN GRIM 

12/3/08 4:52 PM EDT

Updated: 12/3/08 5:59 PM EDT

The same members (click here) of Congress who’d been positioning themselves for vice chair leading up to a recent election are still interested now that the winner of that contest, Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-Calif.), may be stepping aside to become U.S. trade representative, congressional aides said.

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) is “considering a run for vice chair,” said spokesman Jonathan Beeton. A source close to Rep. Joe Crowley (D-N.Y.) said that he is interested in running for the spot as well.

Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.) has spoken to both of them, according to a Democratic insider, and is close to both of them, putting him in a difficult spot. He supported Crowley in a previous leadership race against now-Caucus-chairman Rep. John Larson (Conn.). Wasserman Schultz, however, backed Hoyer in his race against Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.) for Majority Leader in 2006. Murtha is a close Pelosi friend and political ally....

At least the most vulnerable of our citizens actually has someone on their side.  Imagine that?

...Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz, (click here) the powerful Democratic National Committee chair who represents much of South Florida north of Miami, isn’t yet keen to break with the old talking points on Medicare and Social Security spending.

“We should start by getting rid of tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires and for oil companies making record profits,” she said in an e-mail to Bloomberg Businessweek. “What we cannot do is attempt to balance the budget solely on the backs of seniors, children, and the middle class.”...


It isn't as though Debbie is attacking a Lt. Col. as Rep. Allen West is now a political figure with a distinguished military record.  I am certain the GOP has high hopes for Rep. West.  However, I don't believe his position on the entitlements of SSI, Medicare and Medicaid are going over well and it isn't just Debbie.

...The town hall drew a number of protesters, (click title of entry for video - thank you) some of whom were led out of the event by security after heckling the Congressman. West's Democratic-leaning district is considered among the most vulnerable in 2012....

Debbie is NOT in the video with the protesters.  Right?  Okay, then.