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Originally Posted by bizaro86
I could see him not doing it. I think he self identifies more with the metropolital/environmentalist wing of the Dems than the union/blue collar wing. Stopping a big bad bad foreign greenhouse gas enabling pipeline feels like it could be a legacy issue for him, and he doesn't need union voters to win midwest states again. I certainly hope he allows it because it'd be good for Calgary, but I don't think it's a slam dunk.
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I don't think he has a choice but to push it through and quickly.
The advantage for Obama in the second term is he should not be as beholden to his fund raising and re-election efforts that were based around the celebrity cult.
His main priority has to be job creation and reduction of energy reliance, if he fails to do that then the next Democratic Candidate won't have an easy road to the white house.