Ross Baker
Wall Street Goes to Hell, Rangel Deals With 'Demons' of His Own
Has anyone noticed how little we've heard from Charlie Rangel since the financial meltdown?
Right when crisis-stricken Wall Street firms might have expected some help from their hometown congressman, who's also chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, Rangel has been busy fending off criticism brought on by very public investigations by the New York Post and The New York Times, which prompted an investigation by the House Ethics Committee.
“He’s sort of dealing with his own demons. It happens to be an unfortunate coincidence of timing,” said Ross Baker, a political science professor at Rutgers University.
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