Finally Some Democrats Are Finding Their Voice Against Obama. What Happens When He Is The Candidate Next Year?

Democrat Tulsi Gabbard Emerges as Key Obama Critic on ISIS Fight, Security

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Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii is a rising star in the Democratic Party, but she has increasingly been at odds with President Barack Obama on Syria and national security.

The New York Times, in a feature published Saturday, notes that since the November 13 terrorist attacks in Paris, Gabbard has become more of a critic of Obama's policies.

The 34-year-old combat veteran has ramped up her argument that Syrian President Bashar Assad should be left in power to help tamp down the Islamic State (ISIS). She has introduced legislation to defund efforts by the United States to overthrow Assad.

She also voted with Republicans to toughen screening of Syrian refugees – despite a veto threat from Obama.

"My responsibility is to the people of Hawaii and the American people to stand up and fight for what is right and what is in the best interest of our country," she told the Times. "That has nothing to do with party politics."

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Gabbard, a vice chair of the Democratic National Committee also has publicly denounced chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz's decision to limit the number of Democratic debates. She was disinvited from the first Democratic debate, http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/tulsi-gabbarad-disinvited-presidential-debate-dnc/2015/10/12/id/695785/ though the party denied if was because of her criticism.

She gets praise from both sides of the aisle, with Rep. Steve Israel, a Democrat from New York saying,  "You couldn’t get a better role model. She reflected the diversity of the caucus and at the same time had amazing credibility on the issue of national security."

Rep. Kevin McArthy of California, who is his party's majority leader, said, "I think she has an opportunity to be a great leader."

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Forecast: Many Pols Run AWAY From ObamaCrapCare in 2014 Elections!.

Democrats Poised To Run From, Not On, Obamacare

January 21, 2014 by Sam Rolley

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In November Democratic National Committee chair Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Fla.) told CNN’s Candy Crowley that she believed many Democrats would be able to use Obamacare as an asset in securing Congressional seats during the 2014 elections. But, judging from the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee website, it looks like vulnerable Democrats in the Nation’s upper Congressional chamber are hoping to put distance between themselves and President Barack Obama’s problematic healthcare overhaul.

“I think, actually, Candy, that Democratic candidates will be able to run on ObamaCare as an advantage leading into the 2014 election,” Wasserman Schultz said last year.

She continued, explaining, “I think Obamacare, because Americans have been feeling the benefits since 2010, where young adults can stay on their parents’ insurance until they’re 26, where on January 1 if you have a preexisting condition, like I do, as you know, as a breast cancer survivor, the peace of mind … that those Americans are going to have knowing that they can never be dropped or denied coverage for that preexisting condition, the preventative care that’s available without a co-pay or a deductible, those are benefits that Americans have already been feeling and will increasingly feel as Obamacare is fully implemented.”

A report out from National Review on Tuesday, however, likely has Wasserman Schultz eating her words. The publication notes that Democrats in the House, where a power grab from the left is an unlikely prospect for 2014, are paying some lip service to Obamacare. The same can’t be said for the Senate, where Democrats face significant challenges from Republican candidates in States like Alaska, Arkansas, Louisiana, North Carolina, West Virginia, South Dakota and Montana.

From the report:

Unsurprisingly, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee isn’t so eager to talk about Obamacare or the Affordable Care Act — at least on their home page.

The only reference to “health” on the DSCC home page right now is a John Walsh tweet that “#MT can’t afford ppl like @SteveDaines who don’t believe in a woman’s right to make her own health care decisions” and a generic “war on women” blog post that claims “We must do everything in our power to protect women’s rights and women’s health.”

The words “Affordable Care Act” and “Obamacare” do not currently appear on the home page of the DSCC web site, nor do the words “exchange” or “insurance” or any other reference to the president’s signature domestic legislation, impacting families, workers, and businesses right now.

Furthermore, some Democrats running for spots in both the House and the Senate may really be messing up Wasserman Schultz’s year by indicating that they will actively campaign against the President’s healthcare overhaul.

Last week, the Democratic political action committee House Majority PAC ran a TV spot featuring Arizona Congresswoman Ann Kirkpatrick, highlighting the lawmaker’s criticisms of Obama’s “disastrous healthcare website.”

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