"It makes eminent sense"

But not to Barack Hussein Obama... mmm, mmm, mmm:

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Sunday that he was looking at exporting more oil to China after the United States delayed a decision on a controversial pipeline.President Barack Obama's administration last week put off a decision on Keystone XL project after a major protest campaign by environmentalists, who say the pipeline would be prone to accidents and worsen climate change.

The conservative Canadian leader, taking part in a summit in Hawaii hosted by Obama said the pipeline decision had produced "extremely negative reactions" and that he discussed oil exports with Chinese President Hu Jintao.

"This does underscore the necessity of Canada making sure that we are able to access Asian markets for our energy products," Harper told reporters. "I indicated that yesterday (Saturday) to President Hu of China."

The Harper government has pressed Obama to approve the 1,700-mile (2,700-kilometer) pipeline extension, which would stretch through Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma before ending up in Texas.

Canada, the pipeline's lead company TransCanada, and Obama's Republican opponents say the $7 billion project would provide the United States with a stable source of energy from an ally and create thousands of jobs.

"I remain optimistic that the project will eventually go ahead because it makes eminent sense," Harper said.

"This project is obviously what's in the best interest not just of the Canadian economy but also of the American economy," he said.

Why would this President do anything that would be in the best interest of the American economy?

Anyone?

Crossposted at Wizbang.

Comments

[Leslie]

I am so proud of my Prime Minister. And, he has a knack for strategy and making stuff happen even when the leftists outnumber him. He has a track record of running accomplished minority governments for years and years. A recent national interview:

TC: Just a final question for you, and take this any direction you want. You’ve reached the ambition of a lifetime: you got a majority government. You’ve worked for this, as I said, for years. Years. Now that you’re here, what do you want to do with it?

PM Stephen Harper: Well, first of all, look, I appreciate you saying it’s the ambition of a lifetime.

Obviously I’m pretty proud of the achievement. I would say, probably my even bigger ambition of a lifetime is the ambition that most families have, and that’s to see my children grow up and be happy, and be productive citizens.

And that’s probably the thing that’s my biggest ambition of a lifetime, but it’s one we share with so many other families out there. #

And the odd thing is, he means it.