Daily Astorian: Declining for so long to simply make this decision official was a matter of avoiding an election-year handicap for a handful of politicians
Lawmakers should have used the time to find real alternatives
President Obama last week finally did something many felt he should and could have done near the start of his administration: He said no to the Keystone XL tar-sands oil pipeline between western Canada and refineries on the U.S. Gulf Coast.
Particularly during the months leading up to the...