Rangel: Lame-Duck Victories Spared Obama From 2012 Primary Challenge
- Posted on December 29, 2010 at 1:41am by
Meredith Jessup
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Will President Barack Obama face a challenge from within his own party in 2010?
When MSNBC’s Chris Matthews asked Rep. Charlie Rangel, D-N.Y., this question Tuesday (after the pair had lunch together), Rangel noted that he feels differently about this issue now that the president delivered victories for his liberal base during the recent lame-duck session of Congress, including the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.
In other Rangel-related news, the censured 21-term congressman announced Tuesday that he had established a fund so that supporters can help pay for his legal defense. Rangel fans can donate up to $5,000 to help foot the bill for his mounting legal bills, stemming from his House Ethics trial in which he was found guilty of 11 of 13 violations.
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Comments (67)
wash1776
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 10:16amRangel was just exposed within the last 2 weeks as one of the 10 most corrupt politicians in D.C. by Judicial Watch. This is an organization that is constantly exposing government corruption through the use of FOIA. They do this exposure every year. Here is this year’s list. No particular order.
1. Barack Obama
2. Harry Reid
3. Nancy Pelosi
4. John Ensign
5. Charley Rangle
6. Barney Frank
7. Jesse Jackson Jr.
8. Barbara Boxer
9. Maxine Waters
10.Hal Rogers
Rahm Emanuel was on the list but was removed when he left to reek further corruption on Chicago. I have no doubt Holder would be there if the list went to 15.
Report Post »Sounding Off
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 10:07amAmazing how the Dems turn everything around. The Reps push something the Dems don’t want and fight but when the pres compromises or caves, it’s all of a sudden their idea.
Report Post »wash1776
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 10:04amTHE HELL THEY DID. You MORON.
Report Post »rbqueen
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 9:24amRangel should be in prison and thats a fact! What gets me is why after his censureship do all of these liberal talk show host idiots suddenly seem to think that he is suddenly an expert on all things political? It seems like all of them seem to want to have him speak about everything that is going on. Does this mean that you are not considered an “expert” unless you’ve been censured or what?
Report Post »milig
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 9:12amWait until he spins the censure as a great victory in some Orwellian way.
Report Post »Docrow
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 9:11amRANGEL: LAME-DUCK (well not duck but you get the point)
Report Post »2smart
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 8:24amA undocumented crook gives advice about the future. Is Charlie clairvoyent?
Report Post »@leftfighter
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 8:19am…but doomed him to be a one-termer.
We need a Constitutional Amendment to outlaw the lame duck after a Congress changes hands. All that version of the lame duck ever gets us is a the last gasp attempt to ram through the most hyper-partisan wishlist crap.
I‘m surprised they didn’t try to ram Crap & Tax through.
Report Post »jose wasabi
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 7:05amRangle should be in JAIL! He is a common criminal and nothing more.
Report Post »crazyhorse
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 6:36amObama didn’t deliver anything. It was from a congress that had been “fired” on November 2nd that rammed through their agenda as a get back to the American people. Republicans are as much to blame for not impeding the process until the new congressional cycle. The new congress must put an end to Lame Duck legislating to keep this from ever happening again!
Report Post »WILLIAM E.
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 5:53amRetire & thank God you were a democrat or you would be in da slammer Charlie !!
Report Post »Living In NYC
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 5:38amThe conseratives better step up to plate and fast or they will be sent home!
Report Post »OHN
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 5:38amOne thing for sure Obama can count on Tennessee Senators Lamar Alexander, And corker Both sold Tenneress out on START.
Report Post »John
justice
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 5:08amDo not get your hopes up to high, TAX CHEATER…..
Report Post »My_Country
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 4:38amI am actually hoping Obama doesn’t have a challenger, he has a lot to answer for. I want him to defend his actions.
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 3:25amShouldn’t he be in a jail? ……Why would anyone give a rats A$$ what he thinks
Report Post »229Mick
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 3:19amWait… Why is he not in jail?!?!?
Report Post »Bamahillbilly
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 3:24amHe hasn’t offended an illegal or Muslem…
Report Post »scguitar
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 3:06amI dont know. Rangel could be right. However, that depends on how 2011 and 2012 go for Obama. Fighting against a republican House and new Senate, I doubt it will go well for him and his progressive cronies.
Report Post »S_Malc13
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 2:45amSmoke and mirrors with Rankel providing the gas.
Report Post »rwsasinger
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 2:34amOh please!!!! Give me a break. From all indications, from all reports, those on the side of and those opposed to the prez’s policies and platform have seen any real leadership in the last two weeks; he has at best a two week run of good fortune for his agenda. Are we all that shallow and forgetful to think that his about face to the center is somehow a redemptive transformation? You can click your ruby slippers together as much as you want, Barak “Mohamed” Obummer is a dyed in the wool socialist progressive who’s only focus is on keeping his repugnant presidency and communist like agenda alive. What do you expect “Mr. Wrangel me a deal” to say? Mr. Corruption has to kiss the ass that feeds him.
Report Post »drbage
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 11:05amAs Glenn has often pointed out, it is like the ol’ street corner walnut shell and the pea scam. Look at what the right hand is doing, but pay close attention to the left. I hope and pray that the incoming Tea Party Congress members will follow the lead of Sen. DeMint and not the Sen Bonds and Murkowski of our government. They knew to know Who they are and What they stand for and Why they were elected. We the People elected them to Congress to represent us and they need to realize that the power we gave them in the election is being usurped by the Executive Branch and their acolytes in the 12 trillion Federal agencies?
Report Post »RobertCA
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 2:27amYeah Obama is still strong in spending .
Report Post »joseph Fawcett
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 2:14amWait until 2012, Obama will be running against “We the People” lets see how that turns out!
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Report Post »Bamahillbilly
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 2:18amAmen
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 5:02am…or maybe he’ll run for WE the people :)
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 7:00amLet’s hope “We the People” can keep this country and its Constitution together until 2012. As for Charlie, hopefully he will be in jail by then with all the other tax-evading Obamites.
Report Post »EP46
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 7:16amAmerica will be destroyed before 2012
Report Post »We must stop this now
Stop the regulations his czars are using to impoverish the middle class
He wants high unemployment, he wants the middle class to become poor, then he has control
We cannot wait …he will destroy America before 2012 if power is not taken away from the czars that he is using to push through everything that congress says no to
tifosa
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 3:02pmI sense Beck saying to panic…..wait….hold it…. ok, now :)
Report Post »The Third Archon
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 10:49pmObama, 2012! WOO!
Report Post »Bamahillbilly
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 2:12amVictory for Obama seems to = defeat for America…….
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 4:58amWhen has a Republican ever balanced a budget? Ever?
Report Post »guyperram
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 6:26amTIFOSA= and just when did a Democrat do so? Balancing the budget will not get this country on the right path. That would be like putting a bandade on a cut artery. Only serious, major changes will repair this ship, and that will not happen, no matter how congress is changed , or whichever party is in power. The size of government needs to be reduced to what they were allowed in the constitution, basically the defense department, and the post office. If you think any politican is going to support that, think again. All the rest is useless posturing.
Report Post »They, through their arrogance. have thrown us a party that is almost here. Bad times are coming, do your own research, it isn‘t very hard to find out whats on it’s way.
tifosa
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 2:52pmI’m guessing that means “never.” :)
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 3:00pmaka, NEVER :)
Report Post »suttonea76
Posted on December 30, 2010 at 3:09pmReaching for straws TIFOSA! Congress limited spending as Clinton’s hands were tied with a majority Republican Congress. His agenda was forced to cut spending and in the end he received praise for balancing the federal check book….whoopty doo! That has nothing to do with it. It’s like assuming that the president is the only one who spends money in Washington….FAILED assumption as Congress votes in legislation to spend millions every month in sessions.
What next, liberal presidents have more hair than conservatives, therefore they have more intelligence…the ratio of stupid is everywhere.
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on December 30, 2010 at 8:54pmHhmm, guess that means..never :)
Report Post »fizix
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 2:12amCharlie Rangel is such a shill. He should be behind bars. If nothing else, he’s spent FAR too long in congress. I hate people like him.
Report Post »NickDeringer
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 7:29amthe only way Charlie would go to jail is if he got caught with money in his freezer. Even then it wouldn’t be a certainty.
Report Post »So
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 8:23amCharlie Rangle should be in jail. Evading his taxes for 17 years!?!
Wesley Snipes got a raw deal.
We are all getting a raw deal.
Rangle should shut up and go away, before someone with legal muscle decides to prosecute.
Report Post »So
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 8:25amI don’t condone tax evasion for anyone. But the laws should apply equally.
“Public servants” have a different set of laws.
Report Post »BoilitDown
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 2:09amWith advocates like Rangel, Obama still has many challenges within his own party to overcome. These rosy views and claims of victory for things the American people are against won’t be much help for 2012.
Report Post »The more “victories” Obama has for his agendas, the worse it is for the nation. This won’t translate into votes for him.
AmeriWoman
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 2:33amHillary is stepping down, O better get his people busy.
Now it’s his turn to play the Clinton game…..or else.
Let‘s hope the Tea Party rep’s exposes these crooks and liars.
Glenn said it right, SUNLIGHT.
Open the windows America, it’s a new day…. :)
AW
Report Post »roguetea
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 4:19amrogue, Troubles Engage Administrator
Well first, with the self-imposed misery Rangel has wrangled for himself these past many months (actually over his whole career), I am surprised he had enough time to spot the big hole this Administrator has shot in his own foot. But the hole is so big, even Rangel failed to miss it. Rangel nicely confirms the hole is very big and very real. Wow, what a dubious pal. Misery must love company.
At the same time, Rangel, fails to comprehend, doing more of the same post 11-2-10, that invited the shellacking on 11-2-10, simply invites a far greater shellacking on 11-6-12. The more Progressive wins in DC, the more they loose the next go round that is sure to come round. This sure ain’t not no rocketeering sciencing.
Inflation starts to hit hard, and it will be long, energy costs ‘necessarily skyrocket,’ the web is attacked, spending increases, housing deflates, the prelude to ‘death panels’ take form, jobs remain our main export, we capitulate to Russia, and legalized everything and anything starts to beg for anarchy. And Rangel thinks his hero has miraculously saved himself? Shame on you Rangel, Hillary must be devastated. She is rejected before she even gets a… a fourth chance. I still say, the first woman this Administrator will have to beat is Hillary. She will answer the call, and their will be a call, it just ain’t not no rocketeering sciencing.
Report Post »tea party, Own 2011, ROGUE ON
Dustyluv
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 5:31amLooks like Charlie was still holding his sore wrists. That big ole slap that they gave him must have hurt the crook! WOW!
He should be in PRISON, but no, he is running our Country. Has the whole world gone insane???
Report Post »guyperram
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 6:30amGentlemen, just what could possibly make you think that Dear Leader and crew are going to wait for another election? They currently have 6 out of the 7 necessary things in place. Most likely, at least all the signs point to, the last necessary item is in the bag. If this is so, what crises will allow for the never to end (just for the emergency) martial law?
Report Post »Hitler used the Reichstag fire, Obama will use ?
walkwithme1966
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 7:57amActually, I don’t believe anyone from the Democratic party will challenge Obama in the primary – and I am not even sure who the Republicans have to run against him.
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Curator_JDR
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 9:45amIf we get our House (and Senate) in order and take back control of America, the world will cheer us and follow our lead. Throwing the criminals out of government and dismantling the systemic corruption will save the day
How do we stop this? IIts time to LAUGH this seditious clan into “submission”. Ridicule of Progressives is the social atom bomb that will remake this country.
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Report Post »Muslim in Chief
Posted on December 30, 2010 at 7:52pmLook at old “Hide De Money” Rangel on his knees for the Peace Prize Prez.
is it 2012 yet?
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