CritiKalbILL wrote: Now that Clinton has chimed in with some common sense, Obama will fold and suddenly say he thought about it and it's really a good idea after all....just watch. Then he will make another speech and pat himself on the back.
Has Obama actually said it's not a good idea? Or has he said we need to address all the issues before moving forward?
How many years does he need to make a decision? Look how fast they made up that disaster of a healthcare bill 2500 pages long. Does it really take that long to decide whether or not to put one more of a thousand pipelines? He didn't want to make a decision because it's an election year and pissing off the enviros would be a nail in his coffin.
The left is angry because they are now being judged by the content of their character and not by the color of their skin.
And we had just experienced the worst oil spill in the Gulf which also put a stall on drilling. But I am sure nothing bad could happen if they just went full steam ahead. There was a nice article in todays Post to read: "Suncor airs on the side of caution".
Yes, we hear about above ground oil spills every day right? So much riskier than Joe Bob pulling it across the country in his semi....not to mention Exxon Valdez.
The left is angry because they are now being judged by the content of their character and not by the color of their skin.
If he'd been willing to make a decision earlier citing the same reservations he ultimately rejected the existing proposal for, we'd already be well into addressing the issues and moving forward instead of only beginning to do so. If the man occupying the Oval Office was actually willing to say whether or not the project was a good idea at all, everyone might have some sense of how to proceed from here - but Obama isn't about to do that because whatever decision he makes at this point it's going to anger some folks whose votes he thinks he might need come November.
This is why he wouldn't make a decision prior to being compelled to do so and isn't saying anything on whether or not he thinks the project is a good idea at all. I haven't heard him say that the project is a good idea if some changes are made - that will anger the environmental crowd. I haven't heard him say that the project shouldn't be built regardless of what changes Keystone makes - that would anger his union supporters who are looking to get their people employed before they abandon the union entirely. This is why he sat on his thumbs and did nothing for 2 years hoping to wait until after November at the very least before announcing any kind of a decision at all. If he could have managed to avoid answering the question for the rest of the time he occupies the Oval Office I'm sure that is what he would have preferred to do even if he was lucky enough to be elected to a second 4 years. He's an organizer, not a leader.
Bob Bechtel(D) on Fox thinks Clinton was asked to throw this out as a trial balloon so the next time gas prices jump, Obama can come to the rescue and expedite the Keystone pipeline request. I hope he is right.
Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.
