CNBC’s Harwood: Obama Admin’s Keystone Delay Is ‘100 Percent Politics’

‘It’s not the finest hour for the administration, in terms of leadership’

"It gives them something to talk about. On the other hand, they've got the donors -- Tom Steyer you mentioned, others. You've got environmentally active voters in other places who they're trying to get people to turn out. Democrats have huge turnout problems in this election. Republican supporters are much more likely to show up. So I do think this is pretty much 100 percent politics in the delay of this decision. And it's an administration that's got a couple of years to go. They're trying to prevent themselves from losing the Senate, you know, not get wiped out too badly in the House. And I think it's kind of as simple as that. You know, it's not the finest hour for the administration in terms of leadership."

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