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Philman, I see you are from Texas and so are probably unfamiliar with bilateral issues on the northern border.
Not on this issue I'm not. I've been following it for years.
And to be concise I'm directly in the area that will benefit from this pipeline. I can see the flare stacks from my back yard. I also worked on the project building the units that will process the oil. I will be working many more years in the future if this goes through because of the regular maintenance that these units will require.

Our strong friend, ally and trading partner for over a century has turned down our proposal to build a pipeline to supply you with secure, uninterpretable oil.
No, one man has turned down your proposal. Don't equate the two. Will America not be your friend, ally and trading partner after Dunham leaves office or are his actions indicative of the future stance Canada will perpetually take towards America?

...another infrastructure project that the Americans are dithering on.
Apples and oranges. They don't compare.

And if Obama is re-elected? What then?
Here's a clue...you won't have to wait that long!

I related Keystone to the other bilateral infrastructure project, DRIC (Detroit River International Crossing). It seems as if the US political/legal system is tying the economy in knots.

Umm, your president is the representative of the people of the United States of America. The majority of voters WANTED him to be president. Why would any foreign country question that fact or whether or not he will be around for another four years?

Keystone and DRIC are not apples and oranges. They are both infrastructure projects aimed at fostering trade. Moreover, they are both going to be built AT NO COST to the US taxpayer. They are both being stalled for the same reason, a lack of political will.

You can guarantee his defeat in November? I didn't think he would be elected in the first place, I bet you didn't either.

Did you read the article? Here is the money quote:

"Harper looks at the Obama Administration and understands that they have no intention of ever increasing the supply of proven energy sources. With Obama and the far Left, of course, attempting to discern a logical reason for what amounts to economic suicide is a fool’s errand. It’s not like the pipeline hasn’t been “studied” for years, so Obama’s excuse that more time is needed is ludicrous. The other objection, as far as I can tell, is that many Lefties think that the oil sands shouldn’t be developed at all, as if stopping the Keystone Pipeline would achieve that result. It won’t, regardless of what Obama’s Hollywood brain trust says. The fact is that output from the Canadian Oil Sands will triple in the next 25 years. The only question is who will benefit from its development: Canada and the U.S. — or Canada and China? For any president other than the current one, this would be nothing more than a rhetorical question.

Get a new president, it will change everything. Until you do, foreign countries have to deal with the one you have, and they have to consider the possibility that he will be there for another term.