
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida chairs the Democratic National Committee. (AP Photo)

**FILE** Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee (Associated Press)

President Obama has chosen Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida as the new chairman of the Democratic National Committee, succeeding Tim Kaine, who announced Tuesday he is running for a U.S. Senate seat from Virginia. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

**FILE** Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee (Associated Press)

**FILE** Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee (Associated Press)

**FILE** Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee (Associated Press)

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D- Fla., joins former Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in saying the Pledge of Allegiance on the night that President Barack Obama accepts his party's nomination for a second term as President of the United States at the Democratic National Convention in the Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, N.C., on Thursday, September 6, 2012.(Barbara Salisbury/ The Washington Times)

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D- Fla., joins former Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in saying the Pledge of Allegiance on the night that President Barack Obama accepts his party's nomination for a second term as President of the United States at the Democratic National Convention in the Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, N.C., on Thursday, September 6, 2012. (Barbara Salisbury/ The Washington Times)

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D- Fla., joins former Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in saying the Pledge of Allegiance on the night that President Barack Obama accepts his party's nomination for a second term as President of the United States at the Democratic National Convention in the Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, N.C., on Thursday, September 6, 2012.(Andrew Geraci/ The Washington Times)