Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida chairs the Democratic National Committee. (AP Photo)
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 ** President Obama is introduced by White House Senior Adviser David Plouffe before the president speaks at a Democratic National Committee event in Washington on Wednesday, March 16, 2011. (AP Photo)
In this Aug. 8, 1972 file photo, Sen. George McGovern and Sargent Shriver in Washington after the Democratic National Committee endorsed Sargent Shriver as the new vice presidential nominee. A family spokesman says, McGovern, the Democrat who lost to President Richard Nixon in 1972 in a historic landslide, has died at the age of 90. According to the spokesman, McGovern died Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012 at a hospice in Sioux Falls, surrounded by family and friends. (AP Photo, File)
Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida waves Sept. 4, 2012, as she opens the party's convention in Charlotte, N.C. (Associated Press)
Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (right) reacts Sept. 6, 2012, after reciting the Pledge of Allegiance with Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C. (Associated Press)
Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (right) reacts Sept. 6, 2012, after reciting the Pledge of Allegiance with Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C. (Associated Press)
Tim Kaine, Candidate for the US Senate from Virginia, former Governor of Virginia and former Chairman of the Democratic National Committee addresses the Democratic National Convention. (Barbara Salisbury/ The Washington Times)
Presentation of Rules Committee Report from Co-Chairs The Honorable Kamala D. Harris State Attorney General of California and The Honorable Martin O'Malley Governor of Maryland at the Democratic National Committee gavels in the Democratic National Convention. (Andrew Geraci/ The Washington Times)
