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The Dem base–even its big donors–are in a real uproar over Keystone. As they should be–it’s a fateful decision washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-pol…

— Bill McKibben (@billmckibben)

May 10, 2013

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So Bill McKibben claims to speak for the Democratic Base even though the AFL-CIO President supports the pipeline. The sheer arrogance and smug self-righteousness of the Pro-Left benefits only the Republicans.

And, as usual, the issue that the progressives have picked as “the line in the sand” is kind of stupid. If your goal is to address global warming, CAFE standards, mercury/coal rules, Wind power credits, solar financing, electric cars, smart grid, and so on are all important – more important.

For the record, I oppose the pipeline even though I don’t buy into McKiben’s hysteria and self-promotion.