It was the best of times, and, for three Democratic Members of Congress, it may have been sort of the worst of times, as well. In the wake of a successful election night, Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi's (Calif.) vacation home and Ohio Rep. Dennis Kucinich's district home were burgled — the Californian's twice — and Michigan Rep. Hansen Clarke's Detroit office was broken into sometime late Wednesday night or early this morning. "They stole three laptops, two camcorders, a camera, a Blackberry," Clarke tells HOH. All constituent personal information is safe, he says. "Apparently, they jimmied the front-door lock," Clarke says. "But, just so you know, our office is in a large building that has restaurants, banquet halls, things like that. It's in downtown Detroit. But our office was the only one broken into." The Congressman says he thinks the perpetrators targeted his office specifically. "I do have a suspicion that our break-in could be politically motivated," the Congressman says. "I'm hounded daily by political people who want to know what my plans are after my term is over with." (more…)
