Posted on 04/07/2014 1:34:06 PM PDT by Hojczyk
Like a blockbuster movie that never quite arrives, President Obama’s decision on the Keystone XL oil pipeline has been “coming soon” for years.
He has been weighing whether the project should be built since he first entered the Oval Office, and rationalizations for further delay are thin on the ground. After a February White House meeting between Obama and a number of governors, Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin (R) told reporters that Obama had said he expected to make a call “in a couple of months.”
But the White House has not even acknowledged that such a suggestion was made, let alone whether its implicit commitment would be kept.
White House press secretary Jay Carney declined at the time to comment on the specifics of the conversation.
If Obama gives construction of the oil-sands pipeline a green light this spring or summer, he could frame it as an example of his support for North American energy production, a boost for the economy, and a helpful concession to vulnerable Senate Democrats who support the $5.4 billion project.
But he could go the other way. A flat-out rejection of the pipeline might enthuse the Democratic base for the midterm elections in November, which will hinge on turnout.
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Answer.....NEVER
Or at least until after the November elections.
In 2017.
Late in the day on July 3. Buried in a document dump.
By failing to take a decision for more than four years, he has, in fact, taken a decision.
Never. He can put it off until he’s out of office and leave it for the next person, if there is one...................
I agree. I think he will never make a decision on it.
How does that old Rush song go?
“If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice”.
Correct.
I thought gas was cheap at $3.29 per gallon...you’re delusional, we don’t need domestic natural resources. Gas prices are fine....Now when they were $1.66 under Bush, those prices were unacceptable...wait....
(Sarcasm:ON)
Right after he, the almighty one, closes gitmo?
The EPA will make the call: NO. 0bummer’s butt-buddy, Buffett, will lose too much money if his rail lines aren’t the primary oil transporter, despite the accidents, deaths, pollution etc, which are quickly purged from the media.
Time for a Bubba Clinton reply:
“I’ve been workin’ hard on this for a long time. I’ve never worked so hard on somethin’ all mah life!”
Apparently not cold enough.
Same answer. He will drag it out until the bitter end.
When idiots realize that it’s about Saudi and mid-east oil not the environment..
...and the decision will be -
“No. Not now, not while I still have the authority to deny it.”
And he dithered around all this time? He could have said that the first day.
The 12th of never. :-)
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