Officially, Nancy Pelosi isn’t taking sides in the heated fight between John Dingell and Henry Waxman for the chairmanship of the mighty House Energy and Commerce Committee — a panel that will play a pivotal role in shaping energy, climate change, and health care policy during the next administration.
Don’t believe her. Pelosi’s record suggests strongly that she won’t neutral in a critical fight like this, and furthermore, that she’ll take the occasion to help one of Congress’ most prominent liberals topple, once and for all, an entrenched nemesis.
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