The More Things Change...

The Republicans may be known as the party of big business but the Dems are showing that they're not much better. Take, for example, Michigan Congressman John Dingell, who serves as chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.

An editorial in The New York Times reveals that Dingell has introduced a bill that, "would override the recent Supreme Court decision giving the Environmental Protection Agency authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from automobiles, a decision that even President Bush has reluctantly embraced. It would also effectively block efforts by California and 11 other states to regulate and reduce greenhouse gases from vehicles at a time when the states are far ahead of the federal government in dealing with climate change."

On Dingell's web page he writes gushingly of his recent sit down meeting with the CEO's of the Big Three automakers. Okay, so Dingell is from MoTown and the Motor City is hurting for a lot of reasons the automakers can only blame upon themselves, but is it necessary for Dingell and the Dems to do a worse job than the Repugs?