[TNCMAXQ]

Rangel has much more seniority than Grandma Nancy. So why didn't HE run for speaker? If he had and lost then he would have been screaming racism.

[alloysteel]

You know the rule, "Don't hit the girl".

Of course, that probably never meant all that much to ol' Charlie. After all, he is one of the "protected classes".

[wouldntbprudent]

Maybe he knows he has more power as Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee.