Ron Arnold: Most Americans want Keystone, but does Obama care?

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Pew Research Center’s new poll encouraged the gas price-conscious with its headline, “Keystone XL Pipeline Draws Broad Support,” and a score box showing 63 percent supporting and only 23 percent opposing the pipeline that would transport oil from Canada’s Alberta oil sands through the Plains states to refineries in Texas.

However, the report quickly deflated that optimism with a terse note identifying the minority: “except among liberals.” We have seen time and again that the liberal 23 percent can be a majority to executive-order-wielding President Obama.

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