Posted on 05/06/2014 7:04:15 AM PDT by george76
Mark Udall, D-Colo., is facing calls on both sides to clarify his position on the Keystone XL pipeline.
The Keystone XL pipeline wouldn't run through Colorado, but it's about to take center stage in the state's politics.
The Senate is near certain to vote this week on legislation that would approve the oil-sands pipeline, and that's leaving Sen. Mark Udall—a Democrat facing a tough reelection challenge—with an unenviable choice to make.
If Udall votes yes, he'll anger a liberal base that has put blocking the pipeline at the head of its environmental charge. But if he votes no, his opponent promises to use it as fodder for painting the Democrat as too liberal for a moderate state.
And neither faction is making its case quietly.
The anti-Keystone group 350.org will hold a protest outside of Udall's office Tuesday, one of several protests across the country on the pipeline.
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And therein lies an opening for Udall's challenger, Republican Rep. Cory Gardner.
Gardner has repeatedly called on Udall to clarify his position, saying that a no vote for the Senate legislation functions as a vote against the pipeline. In a statement last month, Gardner blasted Udall for his "decision to sit on the sidelines as America comes closer and closer to losing a project that would create thousands of jobs and help bolster economic growth."
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Straddling a pipeline can get you injured.
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Anything that ruins a RAT’s day makes mine.
You can see from all the attack ads that Udall is scared.
The Udall family have always been pests on the national scene.
Report today that Harry Reid wont let it come to a vote and the Democrats are 3-4 votes short of forcing it.
Report today that Harry Reid wont let it come to a vote and the Democrats are 3-4 votes short of forcing it.
Is this legislation that would run contrary to the dog-eater and the EPA's actions? Wouldn't he veto it?
Is it just political theater?
I don’t see him voting against the Democrat plantation.
Good news to start the day!
A win-win for Conservatives.
If Dems DON'T pass it they dig themselves an even deeper whole. If they do pass it then it helps the economy by creating jobs.
The BIG question is: If it does pass will Obozo VETO it?
That’s what happens as Dem’s believe in big gov’t and big taxes, they reach that fork in the road, damned if you do, damned if you don’t.
One of the end game scenarios of left wing communist Dem’s is to do away with elections, not that it seems elections aren’t already just for show.
Udall was elected by NIMBY interests. We’ll see.
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