CONGRESS: U.S. Rep. David Wu loses staffers, political team amid complaints of public behavior. “Since the November election, U.S. Rep. David Wu, D-Ore., has lost at least six staffers plus the leadership of a veteran campaign team that guided him to a seventh term amid complaints about his public behavior. . . . The staff departures come amid questions about Wu’s behavior during the campaign. On Oct. 27, he gave a speech so negative and loud that a Washington County Democratic Party member complained formally to his office. The outburst was followed two days later by an episode at Portland International Airport, where Wu used his influence as a member of Congress to enter a restricted area and campaign for votes from off-loading passengers. One passenger filed a complaint, and a Transportation Security Administration employee was later required to be retrained for his lapse in letting Wu past security.” Following the rules is for the little people.

UPDATE: Actually, reading the story it sounds like he’s undergone some sort of personality change. Could that be true? Is he really just a shadow of the man that we once knew?