[scottw]

Originally Posted by spence

I thought you were going to do some homework and present a reasonable case. Perhaps you did but I can't even read your post. I'm guessing not as you don't seem to have found some pretty obvious information...

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/18/us...pagewanted=all

Here is a good analysis of Transcanada's misrepresentation on the number of jobs to be created.

http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/globallab...df.pdf#page=13

Yes, they applied in 2008 but environmental concerns persisted especially by people of Nebraska.

They challenged the pipeline...

TransCanada Pipeline Threatened by Proposed Nebraska Re-Routing - Bloomberg

And have worked to get Transcanada to work with the State to mitigate environmental concerns...

Media Advisory - State of Nebraska to Play Major Role in Defining New Keystone XL Route Away From the Sandhills

Obama remarks in denying the fast track legislation by his own words were about the process and not about the merits of the project.

Statement by the President on the Keystone XL Pipeline | The White House

The remarks by Clinton you referenced back up the Whitehouse position that the project needs to be done in a responsible manner.

-spence

you've jumped all around with nothing that provides any reason to hold up the pipeline...it's being delayed...and probably killed for purely political and ideaological reasons....pretty sad

WASHINGTON | Fri Nov 11, 2011

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The move to delay a decision on a new oil pipeline from Canada may bolster support among President Barack Obama's liberal-leaning base in 2012 and help offset Republican criticism of his job-creation record.

The State Department said on Thursday it would study a new route for TransCanada Corp's Canada-to-Texas Keystone XL pipeline, delaying a decision to approve or reject until 2013, well after the presidential election in November 2012.

That delay, which came in the wake of large protests by environmentalists, gave Obama and his re-election campaign relief from threats by core supporters they would stay clear of his re-election effort next year.

"Yesterday's announcement ... took a lot of courage and it's that kind of courage that gets people up off the couch, pushes people to go down to campaign offices and volunteer," said Michael Brune, executive director of the Sierra Club environmental group.

The organization, which has 1.4 million members and supporters, said previously a decision in favor of the project would dent enthusiasm among its membership to campaign for the president.

Obama's political advisers took that threat seriously. Although the White House denied that political factors influenced the delay, the outcome reduced concerns the topic would continue making headlines in the middle of a tough re-election campaign.

"He will have to address the issue less, which is what he wants to do," said Hunter College political science professor Kenneth Sherrill.

Labor groups, another key constituency for Obama, a Democrat, were split over Keystone but the issue is unlikely to dent their support for him.