Keystone Pipeline Underscores Democrats’ Vulnerability In 2016
Photo Credit: Irish CentralThe Keystone pipeline is a policy manifestation of the administration’s political dilemma. Obama is trying to retain supporters on the left while attempting to hold enough in the center to keep Democrats competitive in November’s midterm elections.
The White House’s Keystone decision delay is not surprising. Until it can solve its political dilemma, policy problems such as the Canada-to-Texas pipeline will have to wait.
The Keystone pipeline question is simple. Ultimately, the oil will be extracted from Canada, and it’s not a matter of if.
Keystone’s question is only to what extent America will benefit economically from the refining.
Yet the Obama administration has been struggling with it for five years. The president has struggled so long over Keystone because the politics are as difficult as the question of its building is straightforward.
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