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Media reaction to Waxman-Dingell?
Daily Kos —
... no shortage of coverage of the issue itself. And, of course, everyone covered the results. But where are the stories claiming that the defeat of the conservative wing of the House Democratic Caucus and their Blue Dog ringleaders represents a "foiling" of the right? That the Blue Dogs "can rant and rage, but they still do not put the fear into folks to actually change their votes? That their influence is in question? I did find one such article, in The Hill, under the headline, "Waxman's takeover signals a shift to the left": Centrists and adherents ...
Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points [56] -- Turkeys Everywhere!
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... So we'll have to settle on some sour grapes made public just after the Waxman victory was announced. Because Waxman was not "in line" by dint of seniority for the post (Dingell was, which is why he had the chair in the first place), some Democrats felt this was a monstrously wrong thing to do. But the House is a lot less stringent about seniority than the Senate, meaning this sort of thing happens a lot more often. ...
Blue Dogs “In Orbit” Over Waxman Victory
Firedoglake —
... Blue Dog Congressional Democrats, joined by reactionary GOPs, expressed outrage at their stunning loss of the chair of the powerful Energy and Commerce Committee to progressive icon Henry Waxman (D-21st Century): ...
