Let's See: Which Way Is The Wind Blowing in Nebraska Today? I Don't Know But The Governor Sure Wishes He Had Keystone Money Coming Into The State -- Not a Bakken Story

November 14, 2011:

The Ogallal Aquifer is a modern day McGuffin. -- MDWB

November 22, 2011:

In a series of maneuvers, [Governor Dave] Heineman (R)  managed to delay construction of the 1,661-mile Keystone XL pipeline -- and prompt its owner, Calgary-based TransCanada Corp., to reroute the 15 percent that was to cross Nebraska and its environmentally sensitive Sandhills region. -- Bloomberg

December 12, 2011: 

Gov. Dave Heineman says he supports efforts to accelerate the federal approval process for a controversial crude oil pipeline through Nebraska. -- AP

November 30, 2012:

Pyrrhic victory. -- Wiki

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It looks like the governor is:

• tired of being asked, as a "Republican," why he supported Obama
• tired of all those Warren Buffett oil-carrying unit trains splitting towns and cities in half
• tired of not getting all that income from TransCanada
• tired of not putting his folks to work
• tired of getting phone calls from other rhinos congratulating him on sticking to his guns
• tired of getting phone calls from all those folks who would like jobs
• tired of seeing his state become the laughing stock of pro-growth Americans
• tired of explaining why he supports $100 oil 
• tired of explaining why he prefers Mideast oil to Canadian oil
• tired of explaining why he prefers old pipelines crossing the aquifer when he could have had a new pipeline replacing the old ones; paid for by someone else; and getting paid for laying it
• tired of explaining to Rotarians why he fell for this charade
• tired of being seen as a patsy 
• tired of having to spell "hypocrite," as in "I am not a crook hypocrite." 

I wonder

• how many families will remain on welfare because of this debacle?
• how many children will go to bed hungry tonight because their dad does not have a well-paying job?
• how much domestic violence will go unreported because of stress and arguments over no jobs, no money?
• how many out-of-staters who came into Nebraska to make a point have moved on, leaving Nebraskans to deal with a lost opportunity?
• how many want to bet that the same group will come in and block a new routed-Keystone on some new McGuffin?