Why the pipeline?
by digby
People have been very confused about the Keystone pipeline gambit. Boehner spells it out:
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They want to beat up the president with it. If the State Department nixes the pipeline, as promised, the Republicans will try to taunt him into reversing it. If they don’t, and the president oks the pipeline, the Democratic base is livid. It’s win win for the GOP.
Oh, and the Tea Partiers are still playing chicken:
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“It’s pretty clear that I and our members oppose the Senate bill. It’s only for two months,” Boehner said, adding this was “kicking the can down the road.”
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