[1rudeboy]

Gosh, that wasn't too hard now, was it? Take a Dem attack against the current Administration (which never went very far), and use it to discredit everything previous?

[ClaireSolt]

I think that this is a very important issue. The energy task force led by cheney was composed entirely of cabinet members. We can't have every showoff and grandstander in Congress demanding sunshine in cabinet meetings.

ANYWAY THE UNDERLYING PERMISE IS FALSE. If Waxman would have formulated the energy policy without consulting the energy industry then I'd bet we would have a very screwy energy policy.