http://www.foxbusiness.com/economy-policy/2014/11/18/keystoned-out-their-minds/
The administration’s latest argument against building Keystone has been that the jobs it generates will be few, and the few that will be generated will be part-time.
Leaving aside that countless other studies, including one conducted by the very State Department that’s been exploring this matter for more than six years, figure anywhere from 20,000 to 42,000 jobs will come from the construction of this massive project — this massive infrastructure project.
You’d think on that basis alone, and given the administration’s fondness for any type of infrastructure spending, Keystone would be a no-brainer. Advice for future reference, Keystone backers, insert “infrastructure” into your argument....
Then there’s that other Keystone benefit that works to all Americans’ interests — the security in knowing we are tapping more of our ample energy resources here. Critics contend what’s the big deal to that if oil companies just sell it abroad? Even assuming all that oil drilled here gets sold somewhere else, which it wouldn’t — doesn’t that make American energy companies stronger and the American energy influence bigger? And isn’t that a net benefit to this country? Wouldn’t you prefer America calling the energy shots and not someone else? Is there no value to keeping our energy riches in the family? Is there no upside to no longer being held up by forces across the globe who might not have our interests at heart?...
No better example, that, there are no democrats left is the Bolshecratic Party.
...Every Republican voted for cloture, as did 14 relatively conservative Democrats. There were five more surprising votes: those of Democratic Sens. Michael Bennet of Colorado, Bob Casey of Pennsylvania, Tim Johnson of South Dakota, Bill Nelson of Florida and independent Sen. Angus King of Maine....
There’s a fairly clear explanation for Johnson, King and Nelson. None of them has an election to worry about for at least another four years, so electoral repercussions aren’t really an issue. All three also received at least an 85 percent score from the League of Conservation Voters (LCV), an environmental advocacy group, in 2013. The average Democrat who voted yes scored a 76 percent. Opponents of the pipeline have argued that the potential benefits are outweighed by the negative environmental impact.
Bennet and Casey may believe the pipeline will keep gas prices down and create jobs — maybe they believe so more than the average Democrat. But a cynic might say their yes votes were about winning elections.....
There’s just joy in the fight.”
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Then she should have been, out of this world, joyful when they were counting the votes.
Instead of a Hail Mary, this morning FoxNews was running a banner: Fail Mary.
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Obama threatened to veto it anyway, so even if it passed, it was an effort in futility — except that it got Dems on the record as voting for or against.
When the issue resurfaces early next year, the Pubbie majority plus some Dems might have enough to override an Obama veto.
She fought so hard to bring the ball inside the 20.
Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., dubbed the project the “Keystone Extra Lethal Pipeline” but insisted that the debate would not be happening “if not for Sen. Landrieu’s insistence.”
Let's give her kudos for being on the field.
-PJ