Rangel Throws Fundraiser for Obama

Embattled Rep. Charles Rangel, who has experienced friction with Barack Obama’s campaign, is the featured attraction at a Harlem fund-raiser for the Democratic presidential nominee this month.

Rangel will hold the event for Obama at the Ricardo Steak House on Oct. 15, the same night Obama is slated to face off with John McCain in their final debate, at Hofstra University on Long Island.

The Rangel event is not being coordinated with the Obama campaign. But the invitation asks people not to give “corporate, credit-union or LLC checks.”

Read more: (Maggie Haberman, “Rangel Throwin’ Big Ba$H for O,” New York Post, 10/03/08)