 20000 jobs down the tube  on thursday president obama sided with the state department plan to study alternative routes for the keystone pipeline intended to bring oil from alberta canada to refineries along the gulf coast this project potentially would have brought 20000 good highpaying construction jobs to the us given that the state department has already done a study that concluded the proposed route was the best of several alternatives one would wonder why the president is choosing to delay the project for further study is this a purely political decision intended to pump up the environmental base of the democratic party get details at  dailycallercom 20111110 obamabreaksoilpipelineplandiscards20000jobs  some fear the delay will actually doom the project and open the door for canada to ship their oil to asia instead for more from the canadian perspective see  wwwbusinessweekcom news 20111111 keystonepipelinemaynotsurviveusdelayflahertysaysht this is just like the 10000 this is just like the 10000 that went down the tubes when politics got in the way of out new international trade crossing bridge promoting job creation should be job one before playing politics on behalf of special interests  20000 jobs down the tube  