Republicans
in Congress and a state supreme court have thrown the political hot
potato known as Keystone XL straight back onto President Barack Obama's
lap.
So loath is Obama to
making a decision about the proposed oil pipeline that deliberations
have entered their sixth year — a period nearly as long as Obama's time
in office. He's blamed the seemingly endless delays on bureaucratic
formalities and parochial issues in Nebraska, even when skeptics claimed
that the politics of the next election were giving the president cold
feet.
Now the election is
over, the Nebraska issue is resolved, and a bipartisan bill forcing the
pipeline's approval may soon be heading to Obama's desk. Forces on all
sides of the debate, for once, have the same demand for Obama: Just make
the call.
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