THE POLITICS OF PLUGGING-IN By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau Detroit MI October 22, 2010; I recently had an enlightening chat with veteran Congressman, John Dingle, a democrat from Ann Arbor, who has been a staunch supporter of the auto industry for his entire long career. Of course, representing a district in Southeast Michigan, I guess that’s a no-brainer. Just prior to making a speech to the assembled industry folks at a conference called “The Business of Plugging In†a few of us had the privilege of sitting down with t...