NY-15

    Charlie Rangel (D, NY-15): ‘Obama needs people like me…’

    By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  September 16th at 11:00 AM  | 

    ‘…more than ever‘: Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com Several thoughts:

    Et Tu, Harlem?

    By: Dan McLaughlin (Diary)  |  September 3rd at 11:30 AM  | 

    It’s debatable what’s the most loyally Democratic district in the country, but NY’s 15th District would have to be in the running. The district, centered in Harlem, went 87% for Al Gore in 2000, 90% for John Kerry in 2004, and 93% for Barack Obama in 2008, is rated D+41 by Charlie Cook, and in various formats has been represented in Congress since 1971 by | Read More »

    Keep spending that campaign cash, Rangel.

    By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  July 24th at 11:00 PM  | 

    I beg to differ with JammieWearingFool: I heartily approve of Rep. Charlie Rangel’s (D, NY-15) spending decisions. Charles Rangel’s legal bills are piling up as high as the campaign cash he’s raking in to pay for his ethics defense. That leaves the Harlem Democrat with no choice but to run for, and win, a 21st term in the House to keep raising campaign money to | Read More »

    Meet Michel Faulkner (R CAND, NY-15).

    By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  June 10th at 10:30 PM  | 

    It’s pronounced ‘Michael:’ he’s running in Charlie Rangel’s seat, assuming of course that Charlie Rangel doesn’t get ousted in the primary itself. I like our chances on this one. Rangel’s got a serious primary challenger, he’s got a very poor ethical reputation right now, and Faulkner’s the sort of candidate that you want to have on hand for a general election challenge when in a | Read More »

    Rangel equates Obama with Cheney.

    By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  June 6th at 05:04 PM  | 

    Guess he’s not counting on the President to campaign for him, then. Rep. Charles Rangel compared President Obama to former Vice President Dick Cheney Saturday for their shared commitment to the Iraq War, one the Harlem Democrat argues is based on the country’s hunger for oil. “I challenge anyone to tell me we aren’t there because of the oil,” said Rangel, who kicks off his | Read More »