Anyone shockedby the Debbie Wasserman Schultz-John Morgan feud shouldn’t be.
But not because the “For The People,” Democratic barrister doesn’t pull any rhetorical punches when it comes to his gut issue of medical marijuana. It’s mainly because U.S. Rep. Wasserman-Schultz, D-Weston, and chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, is notorious for cherry-picking issues that keep her in the good graces of key South Florida conservatives. As a result, political blow-back from within her own party inevitably lurks.
She is a transplanted, Long Island liberal who only goes off the ideological reservation to self-servingly appease hardliners on Cuba and now opponents of medical marijuana. Last year she analogized medical-marijuana dispensaries to prescription-drug “pill mills.” She sounded like Pam Bondi.
The Wasserman Schultz-Morgan dust-up is yet another reminder of the dysfunctional state of Florida Democrats. Further underscoring that reality is that Wasserman Schultz is considered a likely U.S. Senate candidate if Marco Rubio actually decides to go all in on a 2016 presidential bid. Better the Dems should look into a Bob Graham comeback.