Jewish politicians back corrupt black congressman

Rep. Charles Rangel has picked up endorsements from New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and former Mayor Ed Koch in a re-election race shaping up to be his most difficult in decades. Rangel has locked up the support of much of the city’s political elite ahead of a June 26, 2012 primary. Among the names listed on an invitation for a June 13, 2012 fundraiser marking his 82nd birthday are three mayors (Bloomberg, Koch and David Dinkins), every Democratic member of congress from New York City except Rep. Eliot Engel, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and both the city and state comptrollers.