Charlie Rangel Holds On Even as Pelosi Tries to, Quietly, Pry His Fingers From The Ledge

The cover of the New York Post says it all- the picture, inflation adjusted, is worth at least 5000 words. Rangel, sleeping on a lawn chair on a white sand beach...

Charlie Rangel, the Democratic Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, should be ashamed of himself, but shame is not a feeling many Democrats recognize. 

Yesterday, according to the Crypt, the story from Camp Democrat was Pelosi would not ask Rangel to step aside. The Dems rallied around Charlie even though his failure to file his taxes appropriately and his failure to consistently report the value of his property and his failure to seek a mortgage that required the payment of interest and... all became public fodder.  That has gone over like a lead balloon... 

Now the Democrats are facing a situation that could escalate quickly into a campaign nightmare- Obama wants to people to believe that he is for change in Washington but he has yet to come out with comments suggesting Rangel should go.  Where is the Democratic leadership? 

Rangel's problems are symptomatic of the problems on the Hill and his attitude reflects the audacity of those in power. 

This is a problem that we, the people can see and understand without the help of a forensic accountant.  We, the people are not as ignorant as some in power would like.

Republicans should keep up the pressure until Rangel is ousted.