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Adams' five-step revitalization program for the economically challenged 15th District focuses on crime, housing, entrepreneurship, jobs and community development. He calls Harlem a "sleeping giant" that, with the right leader, can again be "the spark plug and heartbeat of the nation." Unlike Charles Rangel, whose connections extend well beyond New York, Adams' campaign is grass roots. And he'll need deep roots to hold his own against the powerful incumbent...
QUOTE OF NOTE: [Referring to Rangel] "Chairing the Ways and Means Committee does not translate into a means or a way of delivering the 15th Congressional District out of despair...
...CHARLES RANGEL (D) District...
...over again, he'd inhale. And before he can say he was only joking, say it for him, "That's the problem, Mr. President. You have the bully pulpit, and you joke about drugs." Don't forget to quote Democrats like Representative Charles Rangel, who has said, "I've been in Congress for over two decades and I've never seen a President who cares less about this issue." Clinton will slam your early opposition to the drug czar's office. Rebut by quoting Clinton's own drug czar, General McCaffrey, who has said drug use is up because...
...Rayburn ran it," says Michigan's John Dingell, one of the few House members who have been around long enough to have served under the legendary autocratic Speaker. "Rayburn thought that having too many Democrats was a source of danger and mischief." And while New York's Charles Rangel still has trouble even remembering the name of what he refers to as "the Family whatever-you-call-it program," he can also count votes. "I'm afraid that's what the job is all about," he says. "Nobody would elect me for the Rangel agenda...