Today, in a close 25 to 22 vote of the House Steering and Policy Committee, Democratic leaders decided to nominate Representative Henry Waxman for chairmanship of the powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee, replacing 82 year old Michigan Congressman John Dingell, who has held the position for the last several decades. That, however, isn’t the end of it. Tomorrow, the entire 260-member House Democratic caucus votes to decide whether the winner will be Waxman, a California environmentalist, or Dingell, a tenacious defender of the Big Three. I don’t think I’m exaggerating when I say that the decision could have enormous ramifications for the state of Michigan.