DEMS AGAINST DEMS, AND YOU'LL SEE MORE OF THIS - AT 11:55 A.M. ET: We discussed this at The Angel's Corner last night, the revolt of moderate House Democrats, up for reelection next year.  From The Hill:

More and more Democrats are ready to vote against Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s climate change bill, according to a congressional committee chairman who opposes his leader.

The House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson (D-Minn.) said Wednesday that he’s at an impasse with the lead sponsor of a climate change bill strongly backed by Pelosi (D-Calif.), and that his list of Democratic members who would join him in voting against the measure is growing rather than shrinking.

“We’re stuck,” Peterson said regarding a clash he’s had with House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) over a number of issues in the bill. “And there’s a lot of issues that haven’t even come up yet.”

COMMENT:  It is a shock to many liberals that there are Democrats who will not buy into an idea simply because it's popular in Manhattan, Beverly Hills, and on campuses in Massachusetts.  Many moderate Democrats represent tough-times districts where people work hard, are frightened about their jobs, and skeptical about "scientific" warnings that seem to be based on some very shaky science.

It is quite possible that we will see Congress dominated by a coalition of Republicans and moderate Democrats, as it was for decades in the middle part of the last century.

June 11, 2009