Pelosi’s ‘campaign mode’ could play major role in Rangel’s future

For the first time, Speaker Nancy Pelosi must deal with the ethics scandals surrounding Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) as the political winds threaten her majority.

Throughout 2009, Pelosi (D-Calif.) defended Rangel (D-N.Y.), refusing to remove him as chairman of the powerful Ways and Means Committee. But 2010 brings a new dilemma for Pelosi in the wake of the ethics committee finding that Rangel violated House rules.