1.0 link 145213 <![CDATA[Waxman Defeats Dingall, Blue Dogs Get Spanked]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jane-hamsher/waxman-defeats-dingall-bl_b_145213.html In a stinging rebuke of the Blue Dog caucus, Henry Waxman has defeated John Dingell for Chairmanship of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.

Why, it seems like only yesterday the conservative Blue Dogs were sniffing that the Steering Committee which recommended Waxman were a bunch of unrepentant hippies who didn't reflect the overall makeup of the Democratic caucus. (In fact, it was.)

This is a huge defeat for the Blue Dogs, who have become the primary...

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