(New York, NY-August 11, 2010)- Assemblyman Adam Clayton Powell, the frontrunner in the race to replace embattled Harlem Congressman Charlie Rangel, denounced the Congressman’s half-hour speech on the floor of the House yesterday as, ‘Self-serving and another example of how Rangel has grown out of touch.”

Assemblyman Adam Clayton Powell IV confirmed this afternoon that he will formally announce a primary challenge against embattled Rep. Charlie Rangel at 10 a.m. Monday morning at the corner of Lexington Avenue and 116th Street.

It's no surprise that Charles B. Rangel, the gravelly-voiced Democrat from Harlem, has attracted a primary challenger.

After all, when the House Ethics Committee admonishes you for accepting gifts from corporations for your junkets to your retreat in the Dominican Republic, you can expect to pay out of pocket.

In an interview, Mr. Powell, a member of the New York state assembly, said Wednesday he intended to challenge Mr. Rangel in the Democratic primary for the congressional seat that encompasses Harlem and much of upper Manhattan.