RedState

by Walter Alarkon - 09/16/08 9:09 AM ET

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is protecting Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) from calls to step down amid ethics probes in a way that she wouldn’t stand if the same act was committed by a Republican leader for a GOP member, writes Pejman Yousefzadeh. Barack Obama, who needs to maintain his fundraising pace if he wants to outspend John McCain during the general election, is headed to a fundraiser in Beverly Hills, Calif. when he should be spending time in swing states, writes Dan McLaughlin.

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