Oil Supply

You would think that a regular supply of oil from a friendly country through a virtually uninterruptable supply chain would be a good idea. The U.S. house thought so, and voted to provide permissions and the like to the Keystone project.

Even up in the Senate where only 1/3 of the members have to worry about getting reelected this year some 11 Democrats sided with Republicans to vote for the project. I'd guess all 11 are up for election this year.

Also noted is that Colorado's senators, Obama's most loyal toadies, both voted against the measure. Neither one is up for election this year, and they probably assume that the voters will have forgotten their vote along with the experience of filling a tank without taking out a mortgage by 2014.