http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2011/08/22/rfa-champ-keystone.html I really don't understand why this is such a tough decision for the USA. Either buy your oil from a friendly country, or buy it from the Middle East. Is a pipeline really that more environmentally dangerous than offshore drilling? Or bringing oil over on tankers? To me this is a no-brainer...
Even a 10 yr old blind kid knows giving more money to the Middle East is a bad idea. Or perhaps the Dems WANT higher gas prices for the USA? More incentive to "go green" and be "environmentally aware," and all of that crap.