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Line behind their president-elect? >> we dont know what theyre going to do. i mean here, this was a situation, can the republicans stand a 140-character tweet from the president of their own party. obviously they couldnt. this made them look foolish. now, this is over. well move on to other things. i disagree tw tom. i think the ethics procedure did work. i think it was set up for the right reason. i was chairman of the caucus rules committee for the democratic party for ten years. we never trie...

Country, but because it would be the best for him, the party, and the country right now. maxine waters, thats one charge and has a right to defend that. these charges have been leveled against people, white, black, hispanic, you name it. >> so if theres not a rush to even coming up with these charges, these things have been going on for two years and part of it is the timing. >> but its interesting to hear you say that charlie rangel ought to step aside because hes already not the chairman of th...

Private discussions about how he might handle this behind the scenes so this does not come out. nancy pelosi said they wanted to drain the swamp. they dont want ethics to be the issue. look at the low esteem congress is held in at the moment. you have enough of this only to have it be exacerbated by somebody who could be a real figure for republicans to use around the country. >> here is an odd catch-22 for the democrats. they are going through with this ethics procedure. pretty tough, showing t...

So instead of standing up for people, the republican party stood in their way w i hope we will do better on job creation legislation next week. a loft breaking news the last 24 hours, talked about the economy. as ways and means chairman, you have gotten the gavel because of charlie rangels ethics problems and pressure to turn it over to you, even temporarily at the time they said. what should charlie rangel do now hes faces a public session next week that many democrats feel will give the republ...

>> an ethics procedure was set up it up. another one on thursday. everyone here should let the procedure operate. >> what is the likely outcome? >> we will see, andrea. i dont know. i dont know. we will see on thursday. as i understand it, there will be a spelling out of something on thursday. so lets wait and see. >> but one conclusion that is almost inescapable, it would not be going to this public level if the committee members including his own colleagues, but that committee has -- the democ...

Sensitive about is the question that was closest to the real sensitive point, which is is he afraid of losing his job. one way or the other, either at the polls or because of his colleagues putting pressure on him, he could, in fact, lose his job. thats why theres been discussions privately about how he may handle this behind the scenes so this does not come out. it was nancy pelosi who said they want to drain the swamp. they dont want ethics to be an issue. look at the low esteem that congress ...

That was closest to the real sensitive point, which is is he afraid of losing his job. one way or the other, either at the polls or because of his colleagues putting pressure on him, he could, in fact, lose his job. thats why theres been discussions privately about how he may handle this behind the scenes so this does not come out. it was nancy pelosi who said they want to drain the swamp. look at the low esteem that congress has held at the moment. you have enough of this only to have it exacer...