DNC Chair: Romney is 'Out of Touch'

There was rain on Friday, but thankfully for Debbie Wasserman Schultz, no mud.

Back in March, the Democratic National Committee chair was scheduled to speak in Portsmouth but from Concord after her car got stuck in the mud.

On Friday, she finally made it to the Obama campaign office on Brewery Lane, where she spoke to a crowd of about 100 people about Medicare, Mitt Romney, and the need to turn New Hampshire blue again.

Wasserman Schultz, a Florida native who also owns a home in New Hampshire, started by mentioning that Friday was the 47th anniversary of Medicare. She said if Romney is elected, he has promised to replace Medicare with a voucher program.

Romney and his allies, she said, "want to rip that safety net out from under our seniors, and we are not going to allow that to happen."

The voucher program, Wasserman Schultz said, would cost seniors thousands of dollars more and leave them at the mercy of the insurance companies.

"It's ridiculous," she said. "It's unacceptable."

Wasserman Schultz also ripped Romney for tax proposals that benefit the wealthy and hurt the middle class.

"It's unbelievable and astonishing how out of touch Mitt Romney is," she said. "He wants to continue to go to bat for those who are already doing well."

She said President Obama, on the other hand, wants to be sure "everybody has a chance to be successful."

Wasserman Schultz urged those in attendance to make every phone call, to knock on every door in support of Obama so they will have no regrets come election day.

"We have a real opportunity to make sure we can turn this state blue again," she said.