Hillary kicks her latest political football: Keystone Pipeline

[TheGreatGatsby]

For years upon years, Hillary was mum on Keystone Pipeline. Now, desperately needing support from the left, she has decided to go against it in one of her prototypical power grabs.

Hillary Clinton Comes Out Against the Keystone Pipeline, After Long Avoiding a Position

 

[gtopa1]

For years upon years, Hillary was mum on Keystone Pipeline. Now, desperately needing support from the left, she has decided to go against it in one of her prototypical power grabs.

Hillary Clinton Comes Out Against the Keystone Pipeline, After Long Avoiding a Position

What do you expect...it's not TAXPAYER money!!Can't just let Private Enterprise get on with becoming more efficient and profitable now, can one!!!

Greg

 

[B. Kidd]

Looks like the private interests behind Keystone didn't give Bill $1.5 million in speaking gigs like the Swiss bank UBS did. But, then again, Hill-Beast intervened to help out UBS with the IRS.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-09-22/crony-capitalism-hillary-clinton

 

[TheGreatGatsby]

For years upon years, Hillary was mum on Keystone Pipeline. Now, desperately needing support from the left, she has decided to go against it in one of her prototypical power grabs.

Hillary Clinton Comes Out Against the Keystone Pipeline, After Long Avoiding a Position

What do you expect...it's not TAXPAYER money!!Can't just let Private Enterprise get on with becoming more efficient and profitable now, can one!!!

Greg

Mmmmm...

I'm not sure if I'm for or against it; I'm just making fun of the blatant politics.

 

[Valerie]

how strange that someone would opt to finally take an official stand when in a certain leadership position.

 

[Valerie]

or is it?

 

[the_human_being]

For years upon years, Hillary was mum on Keystone Pipeline. Now, desperately needing support from the left, she has decided to go against it in one of her prototypical power grabs.

Hillary Clinton Comes Out Against the Keystone Pipeline, After Long Avoiding a Position

She's desperate. Even the women are deserting her.

 

[Valerie]

dream on

 

[Papageorgio]

She will do and say whatever she needs to do to get votes.

 

[browsing deer]

Not unexpected. Probably too late though. The train of environmental kooks has already left the station and reminding folks she hadn't done this yet will piss people off, rather than comfort them she is on their side

 

[the_human_being]

Not unexpected. Probably too late though. The train of environmental kooks has already left the station and reminding folks she hadn't done this yet will piss people off, rather than comfort them she is on their side

You really expect that bunch to be that smart?

 

[SAYIT]

how strange that someone would opt to finally take an official stand when in a certain leadership position.

It's not as much "a stand" as it is pandering to the Bernie Sander's crowd. As predicted she will continue to tack left, seeking to take from Bernie without losing her centrists.
Bernie is not likely to counter her move by tacking to the right so as long as she doesn't touch the socialist third rail she will retain her current moderate Dem support.

 

[amrchaos]

Wait a second

Hillary is now against the Keystone pipeline, right?

She was for it. She even criticized Obama over it.

Man, nobody believes me. The rightwingers all believe in Hillary. Why

 

[TheGreatGatsby]

Wait a second

Hillary is now against the Keystone pipeline, right?

She was for it. She even criticized Obama over it.

Man, nobody believes me. The rightwingers all believe in Hillary. Why

 

[foggedinn]

Due to recent low oil prices, the financing won't be as available as it was only a year ago. It will eventually be built. At some point, the economics will demand it.

 

[Rexx Taylor]

Hillary on the phone: Ok, so how much will you pay me to campaign against the Keystone pipeline? and yes, at least two trips to the white house a month.

 

[Rexx Taylor]

Hillary on the phone: Ok, so how much will you pay me to campaign against the Keystone pipeline? and yes, at least two trips to the white house a month.

Hillary: What, you also want Huma as part of the deal?

 

[Valerie]

Update 4:51 p.m. Sept. 22: Two months after taking the position that her previous work as secretary of state precluded her from taking a position on the Keystone XL pipeline, Hillary Clinton apparently no longer believes that to be the case. "I oppose it," she said in Des Moines on Tuesday, explaining that "I thought this would be decided by now, and therefore, I could tell you whether I agreed or I disagreed. But it hasn’t been decided, and I feel now I’ve got a responsibility to you and other voters who ask me about this."

The post below, from July 28, has been updated to reflect the news.

Here was Hillary Clinton's "answer" to a question about whether she supports or opposes the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline at a town hall in New Hampshire in late July.

"If it’s undecided when I become president, I will answer your question," Clinton said. "This is President Obama's decision. I'm not going to second-guess him."

Hillary Clinton’s hedge on Keystone XL

 

[Valerie]

How many jobs would the pipeline create, and where?


The State Department estimates the construction phase would create about 42,000 direct and indirect jobs and generate about $2 billion in earnings in the U.S. Opponents dispute some of those numbers. One thing is clear: Once construction is finished in about two years, the pipeline would create only about 50 new permanent jobs.


Where does President Obama stand on the pipeline?

November 17, 2014


The president has unusual leverage over this pipeline. Because it crosses the U.S. border with Canada, Keystone XL requires a "presidential permit." Obama has guarded that power jealously. Three years ago, when Congress tried to force him to make a decision by issuing a 60-day deadline, he simply rejected the permit application.


The political challenge for Obama is that Democrats are genuinely divided on the issue, with construction unions favoring the project and some environmental activists opposing it. No matter what he decides, some constituents will be unhappy — so the president has basically stalled.


If the legislation passes the Senate Tuesday and becomes law, the pipeline would get an immediate green light.


Why was there a State Department review of the project, and what is its status?


The State Department was required to conduct an environmental assessment of the final, proposed leg of the pipeline because it will cross the U.S.-Canada border.


The State Department is waiting for the outcome of a Nebraska Supreme Court case that could affect the pipeline's route, but the department's basic environmental review was completed in January.


It concluded that the pipeline would have "little impact" on the price consumers pay for gasoline in the U.S. It also concluded that blocking the pipeline would reduce income for tar sands developers, "but not enough to curtail most oil sands growth plans or to shut-in existing production." Reviewers cautioned that blocking the pipeline could have a bigger effect on tar sands development if oil prices drop into the $65- to $75-per-barrel range. Oil prices have fallen recently to around $75 per barrel.

What You Need To Know About The Keystone XL Oil Pipeline

 

[bedowin62]

you are the same losers that insisted ANY kind of increased domestic energy production in this part of the planet would have no effect on prices

libs are losers who lie to themselves