Keeping Hope Alive: Keystone After the State Department Study

All the usual suspects used the recent State Department green light on the Keystone Pipeline to more or less ratify its approval forthwith. But was the blow really fatal? Besides the intervention of fate (another "Superstorm Sandy" to invoke climate change, for example) are there regulatory or political speed bumps that might pose problems? Politico gives a rundown of four possible factors  that could sidetrack the pipeline's march to the Gulf – the President's own wishes, Secretary of State Kerry's preferences, officially determining "the national interest," and rounds of public hearings and possible lawsuits.

If you know a Keystoner that needs a good hug, send it along and cheer them up.