House Panel Backs Waxman Over Dingell As Energy Chair is the story from ABC News. This news is not just big. It’s “yooge” as Bernie Sanders would say. Dingell may have finally created more discontent than the Democrats could support. It also may be that Waxman has been perceived as the right man for the job at this critical time for not only energy and the environment, but for health care. “In a stinging rebuke, the House Steering committee voted 25-22 by secret ballot during a closed-door Democratic leadership meeting.” See my previous post here on this critically important contest. See also this insightful piece at the “NY Observer” today on Nancy Pelosi’s role.
Tomorrow this goes to the full House Democratic caucus. Don’t think that John Dingell has given up the ship. He’s got less than 24 hours to retain his power , and he’ll pull out the stops trying to do it.
