One thing worth noting from this morning's hearing: Dingell, whom I expected to challenge Gore aggressively, asked him not a single question. In fact, he was enormously respectful of Gore. And the way he attempted to pronounce Bjorn Lomborg's name made it clear that it was not him who invited Lomborg. Maybe he really has had a change of heart on this.
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Posted 12:32 PM on 21 Mar 2007
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Steve Bloom Posted 5:13 am
21 Mar 2007
Regarding Dingell, his behavior so far is exactly what I had predicted a couple months ago in response to your "alarmism." The Dems are trying to show a united front with a view toward 2008, so any big tussling is not going to happen in public. That's a very easy path for the Dems to follow this session since they can figure that anything that's big enough deal to create major divisions in their ranks is likely filibuster or veto bait anyway. The rubber will hit the road in 2009, although I sincerely hope that what we are seeing now is the early stages of a paradigm shift that will force the Republicans to change their tune.
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caniscandida Posted 5:25 am
22 Mar 2007
I believe Dingell said pretty clearly that the idea to invite Lomborg had come from Barton, the ranking member on the other side.
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