Posted on 09/13/2010 6:14:14 PM PDT by Justaham
Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) began his day Monday with more energy than an 80-year-old congressman under an ethics cloud should have.
Outside a Harlem subway stop about 7:30 a.m., the back door of a gray Cadillac swung open, revealing a buoyant Rangel. Co-opting a campaign rallying cry from President Obama, he bellowed, “Fired up?”
“Ready to vote,” responded Rangel’s entourage of campaign staff and volunteers, who had already assembled outside the 168th Street stop on the No. 3 line.
Rangel was clearly upbeat a day ahead of the first real primary challenge he has faced in nearly 20 years, even amid the ethics scandal surrounding him back in Washington.
Shortly after Rangel emerged from his car, an aide handed him a BlackBerry and pointed to news that the ranking Republican on the House ethics committee, Rep. Michael McCaul (Texas), has some ethics issues of his own surrounding disclosure of stock transactions.
“He’s on the ethics committee?” Rangel asked, throwing back his head in laughter. “I think I’ll bring charges.”
Rangel faces a handful of challengers Tuesday, most of whom are focusing on the 13 charges the ethics committee brought against the 20-term lawmaker earlier this summer.
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Whoever wins this primary will have an appalling record, but I still hope that Rangel loses.
But if Rangel loses, we won’t have any ethics hearings in the weeks and days leading up to the election.
Ol’ Raspin’ Gaspin’ Charlie Rangel is running hard! Trust me folks he’ll win. His constituents love him.
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