[Auto Post]The Rise and Fall of Charles Rangel

[BT]

The Rise and Fall of Charles Rangel
                                       

 Eleanor Clift, Newsweek
Congressman Charles Rangel speaks to the media as he walks back to his office after a House vote on his alleged ethics violations.The storied life and career of Charles B. Rangel are at a sad impasse, but how could a man in charge of writing tax policy not pay his taxes? What was he thinking? Did he expect his colleagues in the House to cut him slack because of his seniority?  He has served in the House since 1971, and like another lawmaker of that vintage, assumed he could get away with blatant disregard of the rules. Former Chairman Dan Rostenkowski is the cautionary tale. Like...

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2010/07/30/the_rise_and_fall_of_charles_rangel_238689.html

[Kramer]

The Rise and Fall of Charles Rangel
                                        

 Eleanor Clift, Newsweek
Congressman Charles Rangel speaks to the media as he walks back to his office after a House vote on his alleged ethics violations.The storied life and career of Charles B. Rangel are at a sad impasse, but how could a man in charge of writing tax policy not pay his taxes? What was he thinking? Did he expect his colleagues in the House to cut him slack because of his seniority?  He has served in the House since 1971, and like another lawmaker of that vintage, assumed he could get away with blatant disregard of the rules. Former Chairman Dan Rostenkowski is the cautionary tale. Like...

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2010/07/30/the_rise_and_fall_of_charles_rangel_238689.html

now that obama has thrown poor chuck under the bus the red meat s ripe for ripping. chuck is as good as gone.