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Waters, Rangel going down
California congresswoman Maxine Waters and New York congressman Charles Rangel share 16 ethical charges between the two of them, and could go a long way to aid the anti-incumbent sentiment currently placing Congress at all-time-low approval numbers. With mid-term elections looming, they could easily become the face of Nancy Pelosi’s so called “most ethical Congress in history.” That promise is sounding more and more hollow with each passing day.
If there is a sea-change in Congress, however, the GOP should be aware that it is not necessarily a shift toward conservatism that is fueling the current unrest, but a vast disillusionment with the Obama campaign promises versus the delivered results. While the GOP could turn the electorate toward conservatism, they will have to do more to accomplish that than ride the current wave of anti-incumbent discontent.
To turn this into a pro-GOP movement, the Republicans must sell their alternative ideas the the electorate as a solution to the current Carter-like national malaise, all the way up and down the socio-economic ladder from the blue collar worker to the wholesaler to the CEOs.
Otherwise, any re-taking of the reigns in Washington will be purely temporary and could easily shift against them a couple election cycles down the line; heck, it could even ensure the re-election of Barak Obama, if they play their cards unwisely. Make it about ideas, not ethics.
