Obama sure is beginning to tick a bunch of people off.
The Obama campaign is denying House Ways and Means Chairman Charles B. Rangel a speaking role at this month’s Democratic National Convention – a move those close to the powerhouse Harlem congressman view as a spiteful snub.
Rangel surrogates approached Obama staffers this week about the possibility of securing him a slot at the podium, making the case that it would showcase reconciliation between the nominee and Hillary Rodham Clinton’s African-American supporters.
But they were told that the 78-year-old congressman’s support for Clinton earned him a place at the end of the line behind Barack Obama’s loyalists – even if Rangel played a crucial part in prodding Clinton to abandon her presidential bid in June.
“It’s crazy… This man [Rangel] controls tax policy in the United States. He’s a lot bigger than just a regular member of Congress, he deserves more respect than this,” said a Rangel confidant. “Basically they have told us they can’t help us that there are too many Obama supporters ahead of Charlie on the line.”
Pissing off the chariman of the House Ways and Means Committee and one of the most powerful black politicians in the country…..not a good idea.
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August 15, 2008 at 4:35 pm
It was a bad idea to snub Rangel. but a lot of
what the BO team does is a bad idea.
This is just another move to alienate Dems in
Nov. BO is NOT the best candidate and I hope
delegates and SDs are now seeing that the
best candidate is Hillary Rodham Clinton.