We will know when Obama truly reaches out to his base, when he proposes a wind farm to be installed on the moon for electricity. It’s green, it will make jobs, it is terribly, horribly expensive ... and there’s no air on the moon. But, don’t let a little detail like that get in the way of your ideology, or placating your base.
I think it will go forward when he finds a way to personally profit from it... hot news on the thread about oil dispersants - check it out!