Wasserman-Schultz Out As DNC Chair: Right Move, Wrong Reasons

The resignation of Debbie Wasserman Schultz from the Democratic national committee chair is the right move but is being made for the wrong reasons.

She was first removed and stripped of a speaking role earlier today from the chair of the DNC Convention because of the furor over the release of 20,000 hacked emails from the DNC server. Those emails demonstrated favoritism towards Hillary Clinton at the expense of Bernie Sanders. This was in violation of a neutrality requirement of the DNC Charter. It doesn't matter that Bernie is an independent. He was running for the Democratic Party nomination and was entitled to neutrality by the party.

She's only sorry because she was caught.

Those emails proved the suspected lack of impartiality between candidates by the Democratic chair and DNC staffers. They discussed ways to undermine and delegitimize the Sanders candidacy, and one suggested questioning his religion.

Wasserman Shultz should have been removed at the time of these emails. To remove her now is akin to the lover who apologizes after being caught having an affair. They apologize only because they were caught. In Wasserman-Schultz' case, the ultimate problem were the email discussions, not the disclosure of them. In effect, she's only sorry because she was caught.

A party that seeks to undermine one of its candidates is just as odious as a party that seeks to disenfranchise voters.

Wasserman Schultz corrupted the ideals of the party, and her actions have handed opponents an issue regarding the legitimacy of Hillary Clinton's nomination. This was an unforced error on her part, and is an indicator that she feared Hillary might not have become the party's nominee.

Whether you are a supporter of Bernie or not, this is an offense against all of us. A party that seeks to undermine one of its candidates to favor another is just as odious as a party that seeks to disenfranchise voters..