[blam]

"Correct me if I’m wrong, but if we finished Keystone to increase the flow of heavy oil out of Canada, I think Venezuela would be the big loser since Gulf Coast refineries would have a new alternative."

Venezeula exports 80% of their dirty/heavy oil to the US...we are one of the few who have the capability to refine that oil. That import is only 14% of US imports.

They have lots more to lose than us.

[meatloaf]

I wonder if that was one of the reasons Obozo waffled on the pipeline.