Debbie Wasserman Schultz should be counting down until the end of the summer.

Simply put, the Florida congresswoman who leads the DNC had a disastrous season. Wasserman Schultz should have left the DNC on a high note in 2012 when Barack Obama won the White House for four more years. Instead, she is still there even as Democrats appear headed to losing more congressional seats and, most likely, control of the Senate.

Iraq, immigration, inversion. On all three of the issues referred to, President Obama finds himself forced by events to do something he dislikes -- and he's in trouble with much of his Democratic Party base for doing so.

The argument over funding of the public schools in Florida drones on, generating far more heat than light.

NBC's Chuck Todd got a good deal of attention for warning that "(Obama's) on the precipice of doing Jimmy Carter-like damage to the Democratic brand on foreign policy."

No ones perfect, least of all university professors -- at least I speak for myself. We do our best daily to encourage students to speak their minds, write and create well, and think critically. When we fail, we try again. Independent thought, evaluation of evidence, and open discussion are the core of our profession.