Dingell has 50 years in the House and is the ultimate Old Bull, yet he launched a very public campaign to give the appearance that he has the chairmanship of the powerful committee locked up.
Dingell’s whip team held a conference call this afternoon to tell reporters that if there is a vote next week on the chairmanship, Dingell “will prevail by a comfortable margin,” in the words of Rep. Mike Doyle (D-Pa.).
Waxman has not announced a whip team, has said little publicly about his bid and is working behind the scenes to build a coalition. Waxman spokeswoman Karen Lightfoot would say only, “Congressman Waxman is running to win and expects to win.”

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November 18, 2008 at 1:26 am
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