Trouble in the Rangel Family: Alma Rangel Endorses Obama

[MadBadger]

February 01, 2008
Read More: Barack Obama

Dept. of hedged bets


Charlie Rangel's wife, Alma, endroses Obama:

"I believe Barack Obama has the ability to unify this country and the character to stand up for what's right instead of what's popular. Barack is a man of principle; a man whose faith in the greatness of our nation gives us hope, showing us what's possible if we work together.

"Barack Obama has brought energy and excitement back to the democratic process, calling on all Americans, young and old, to make their voices heard. Change is the air. Senator Obama is the future, part of the new generation of leaders who can inspire us to transform our country."

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0208/Dept_of_hedged_bets.html

[northzax]

1. I know, can you imagine?

a wife supporting a different candidate from her husband? what's next, women running for President?

[KittyWampus]

2. least it's not like Carville/Matlin. Though those two are probably just out for money

with no real ideals

[BeyondGeography]

3. Always good to hedge your bets

[lurky]

4. Charlie Rangel actually encouraged Obama to run this year.

I think he probably expected him to do a few debates, get his name out there, poll in the single digits with Dodd and Biden, then drop out and run again in 2012 or 2016.

I'm sure Obama's unexpected success has tested Charlie Rangel's loyalties to both Clinton and Obama.

[Nimrod2005]

5. Because she is not a politician and he is!

[Adelante]

6. Poor Charlie

:D

[City Lights]

7. She also attended a fund raiser earlier this week held by Michelle Obama.

January 30, 2008, 1:33 pm
On Michelle Obama’s Guest List: Alma Rangel
By SEWELL CHAN

Updated, 5:10 p.m. | Michelle Obama spoke this afternoon at a fund-raising lunch on the Upper East Side for her husband’s presidential campaign, and one of the more prominent people present was Alma Rangel, the wife of Representative Charles B. Rangel, according to a person familiar with the guest list for the event. Mr. Rangel has been a leading supporter of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, so his wife’s attendance at a fund-raiser for Senator Barack Obama, Mrs. Clinton’s chief rival, seems noteworthy.

Other guests at the Obama fund-raiser included Victoria Kennedy, the wife of Senator Edward M. Kennedy, the powerful Massachusetts Democrat who endorsed Mr. Obama on Monday; John W. Rogers Jr., a Chicago mutual fund executive who has been one of Mr. Obama’s top fund-raisers; Valerie Jarrett, a political fund-raiser and family friend of the Obamas; Andrea E. Bernstein, the wife of Tom A. Bernstein, the president and founder of Chelsea Piers; Susan Solomon, the wife of Peter J. Solomon, the founder and chairman of an investment banking firm that bears his name; and Patricia Blanchet, a Haitian-born artist and the widow of the “60 Minutes” correspondent Ed Bradley, who died in 2006.

Guests were asked to contribute up to $2,300 for Mr. Obama’s campaign. The fund-raiser was held at the home of Peter and Patricia Findlay, who run the Findlay Gallery, which specializes in 19th and 20th century European art.

Mr. Rangel, elected in 1970, is the dean of Harlem politics and the powerful chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. He has urged other local politicians to support Mrs. Clinton, the junior senator from New York, no matter what happens. To be sure, spouses often support different candidates. But this is not the first time members of the Rangel family have expressed fondness for Mr. Obama.

more... http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/30/on-michelle-obamas-guest-list-alma-rangel/

[bklyncowgirl]

8. Charlie's sleeping on the couch tonight.

Just kidding, I'm sure it's all perfectly amicable.

[MyNameGoesHere]

9. Why trouble? People do actually disagree and still get along. n/t

[rucky]

10. Impossible! n/t

[MyNameGoesHere]

11. And damn straight i would vote for

Christopher Walken :)

[EffieBlack]

12. Spouses having different choices in a Democratic primary - can this marriage be saved?

:sarcasm:

[cooolandrew]

13. Funny lol. I