The Company You Keep

Congresswoman Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (D-MI), who is Chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, was the first eulogist at Julia Carson's funeral to speak of the need to elect her grandson Andre Carson to fill her vacancy.

Less than a month after Andre's special election victory, Kilpatrick's own political scion is under heavy siege. Kwame Kilpatrick (left, below), Democrat and Mayor of Detroit, will be arraigned today on charges of Perjury, Obstruction of Justice, and Conspiracy, along with a top aide. The Detroit Free Press has called for Kwame Kilpatrick to resign, in what Andre might call "bold, courageous leadership."