The Keystone pipeline is one of those things that's sort of a political driver. And mostly, the Republicans use it to sort of embarrass the president and embarrass quite a few Democrats who feel that there's a potential for an environmental disaster.

When you have 435 people who are opinionated... sometimes agreeing on things is difficult.

Republicans have been providing solutions and ideas since the immediate aftermath of the disaster, and have implored Democrats to join us and to focus on getting aid to those in need,'' said Ben Porritt, a spokesman for House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas.

I think fundraising has a lot to do with political viability.

The environmental movement's focus on the Keystone XL pipeline issue really used to baffle me.

I can remember when President Nixon basically said, 'All troops have been withdrawn from the delta.' And I said, 'Wait, I'm still here.'