Two-thirds of Americans believe that President Obama should approve the Keystone XL pipeline, according to a survey released yesterday.
The survey conducted by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, polling 1,501 adults from Feb. 8-12, found that 63 percent had heard about the pipeline project. Of those, 66 percent said it should be approved, 23 percent said it shouldn’t, and 11 percent didn’t know.
A Qunnipiac survey this week found that voters support Keystone 64 percent to 23 percent. Support is 89-7 percent among Republicans, 63-24 percent among independent voters and 43-38 percent among Democrats.
The office of House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) seized on the polls as proof that, with gas prices rising, “Americans’ support for the Keystone pipeline is as strong as ever.”
Obama gave an energy address yesterday in which he didn’t mention Keystone and accused Republicans of “licking their chops” at soaring gas prices, while admitting his administration has no “silver bullet” to ease pain at the pump.
Also in the Pew survey, 37 percent now approve of Obama’s 2009 stimulus bill, 41 percent disapprove, and 23 percent had no opinion.
The president constant messaging about the auto bailouts seems to have paid off, with 56 percent saying that the government rescue was mostly good for the economy. That’s up 19 points from three years ago.
No “silver bullets” Mr.President? You’re right about that. You have been shooting blanks at real problems since your election.
The Presidents Energy ………Algea; r u kidding me ?
Energy exploration has increased because it’s on private land that Obama can’t touch
Here are his energy policies that we have witnessed:
+Keystone – estimated 20,000 jobs lost due to Oblama
+Gulf of Mexico – 60,000 jobs lost according to Louisianas Governor
+Pacific Coast Drilling – 30,000 potential jobs lost
+East coast Drilling – 25000 potential jobs lost
+More miles flown in Airforce One than any President
+More tax incentives and kickbacks to companies that can’t produce a viable solution – estimate 1.5 billion
+Throw in the EPA and add at least 100,000 more jobs lost
Txdollarbill,
Nice talking points. Can you link to trustworthy, independent third parties that verify those statistics? I appreciate your due diligence.
The Republicans should be politically destroying Obama over this algae thing. That is probably the most disastrous, stupid thing that has come out of his mouth in years.
– Boehner, play your Hohner harmonica.
two thirds of Americans support keystone pipeline.
newsflash: president obama claims the other two thirds are still against it.
Right. We have to wonder about the sycophants discussing the 0′s “brilliance” when even Dems appear to support the pipeline by a 4-3 margin.
Only 2/3 support it? Was every third call to reelection headquarters? Even the Dems know he is wrong on this issue. Txdollarbill has put together a nice list of Obama’s anti-job crusade, how about we take his and see how he likes it.
If this poll is to be believed, then it is good news. Because it’s yet another thing Obama has stood for that most people disagree with. Because of the bad economy, because of the high energy prices now, it’s very possible that historians will look back on the Keystone decision as Obama’s Waterloo. Because by the time November hits next year, things are going to be far worse than they are now. Just the knowledge that Keystone was coming could have alleviated it – and certainly the hiring would have started within a month or two.
Dontcha all worry your pretty heads about that there pipeline.I have it on good authority that the boy will announce a change of heart right around the time the R party selects its sacrificial lamb.He might even wait a few days till said lamb tries to denigrate him about the issue and ,BAM, its all approved and ready to roll.Mark my words.
The Keystone pipeline is going to continue to rise in importance until dealt with in a manner that will help to dictate developing a strategy for getting Americans back to work and back on the right track to an economic recovery. It is the lack of a firm decision that is a major blow to businesses, middle class/ blue collar workers and potential other sorts of business that can help support the 20,000 jobs that the pipeline could help to create (http://bit.ly/ytP77z). We need to be a bit more considerate of the Americans for whom this current economic struggle is even more daunting and much harder to recover from. If we are not going to consider this plan then we need to move on with something else so we can begin the real recovery process.