Sen. Stevens likely down the Tubes as committee chair

Steve Safran November 9th, 2006

Should the control of the Senate indeed switch to the Democrats, that means that everyone’s favorite Commerce Committee Chair, Sen. Ted “Tubes” Stevens would lose his gig. Democrat Sen. Daniel Inouye of Hawaii would be the logical replacement to head the committee. Still, it may not mean The End for ol’ Tubes. He and Inouye have co-chaired the committee, and it doesn’t sound like Inouye would exactly shake things up. From the Honolulu Advertiser: “I had a chat with Sen. Stevens before the election and we pledged to each other that no matter what happens, we will continue with our tested system of bipartisanship and we’ve been doing this for the past 25 years and it’s worked,” Inouye said. Stay tubed…