"A Nice Gesture for Charlie"

IF the Democrats win the House (which I still don't believe, despite the naysayers), Charlie Rangel will be in charge of the Ways and Means Committee (including tax policy...goodbye tax cuts once they sunset). However, there is a way for GOP lobbyists to get an appointment with Rangel. As Bob Novak explains:

Republican-oriented tax lobbyists are interpreting late-campaign solicitations as a requirement for a ticket to enter the office of Rep. Charles Rangel as chairman of the Ways and Means Committee in a Democratic-controlled House. Both free-lance and corporate lobbyists have received telephone solicitations for Rangel's leadership PAC (political action committee), which distributes funds to Democratic congressional candidates who need them. Rangel is virtually unopposed in his Harlem district. The lobbyists, who give almost exclusively to Republicans, are told that the contribution would be ''a nice gesture for Charlie.''