WSJ: Obama Advisers Have Had to Tell Debbie Wasserman Schultz to ‘Tone It Down’

Posted on February 16, 2012 by Cowboy Byte

The Wall Street Journal published a fascinating profile on DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz on Thursday, the fiery Florida Rep. known for her strict adherence to Democratic talking points and dismissive attitude. Among the fascinating nuggets in the article is the revelation that some from Obama’s camp have had to tell her to “tone it down.”

Here are some of the snippets (courtesy of the blog Cracker Squire):

While she revs up the Democratic base, she enrages the Republican opposition. She once suggested Republicans pushing voter-ID measures “literally want to drag us all the way back to Jim Crow laws.” At a New Hampshire forum last month, she raised the issue of her close friend Rep. Gabby Giffords’ shooting by a deranged man in the context of the changing “discourse in America” based on the “precipitous turn towards edginess and lack of civility with the growth of the Tea Party movement.”