(AP) Rangel: I Support Giuliani-Kerik Ticket

Rangel: I Support Giuliani-Kerik Ticket

The Associated Press
Monday, December 18, 2006; 1:29 PM

NEW YORK -- Never say New Yorkers don't have sense of humor _ especially
when they can stick it to the other side.

A powerful New York Democrat, a mischievous gleam in his eye, is offering
an early endorsement in the 2008 presidential race, where the field includes
many hometown hopefuls like former Mayor Rudy Giuliani, Gov. George Pataki
and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.

"I'm supporting Giuliani for the Republican," Rep. Charles Rangel said Monday,
pausing briefly before delivering the punchline.

"Kerik, as well," he added, referring to Giuliani's disgraced former police
commissioner Bernard Kerik.

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