Tipsheet Flashback: Ryan vs. Wasserman Schultz Takedown Elisabeth Meinecke | August 11, 2012 9:35 AM The DNC is headed by Debbie Wasserman Schultz. Paul Ryan is now second-in-command for the GOP in 2012. Here's a flashback to part of an epic showdown between the two back in 2010. Americans sent a wave of Republicans to the House that year.