The ultimate question to be asked here is this:
How many jobs (and therefore votes) can the environmentalists claim to represent?
Dingell can point to Detroit and a LOT of jobs.
Waxman... not so much.
If Pelosi is a fool, she’ll let Waxman run the show - and the DNC will lose control of Congress pretty quickly as a result.
I’m not saying that Pelosi won’t make the wrong choice. She’s certainly a dim enough bulb to do really stupid things.
Waxman... not so much.Waxman can point to all the pool cleaners, waiters, shoeshiners, and cashiers who work in Beverly Hills.