How quick some forget.
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Posted on 08/26/2013 6:46:46 PM PDT by Hojczyk
DICKINSON, N.D.—North Dakota is like an overachieving child who attracts the attention of everyone—except Dad.
The oil boom taking over western North Dakota and transforming America's energy landscape has prompted visits from people around the world—Germany, Turkey, Japan, Dubai, and elsewhere—to see what they can learn and how they can benefit.
President Obama, however, has not visited the state since moving into the White House (although he did drop in twice during the 2008 presidential campaign).
Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., has a goal to change that, and she asked Obama earlier this year if he would visit.
"He said he wouldn't come in the winter," Heitkamp told National Journal while driving outside of Dickinson, a town of about 20,000 people on the edge of the oil patch. "That's as much of a commitment—I think it's really important for him to take a look," said Heitkamp, changing her thought mid-sentence.
North Dakota is at the heart of America's oil and natural gas boom. The state, thanks to two deep underground shale-rock formations called Bakken and Three Forks, produced more than 800,000 barrels of oil a day in June, roughly 10 percent of the country's overall daily oil production and an all-time record for the state. North Dakota has surpassed both California and Alaska to become the second-highest oil-producing state in the country, behind Texas.
"He's got an incredibly busy travel schedule, and it's not something we've spoken about," Jewell said. "The president relies on me and other members of his Cabinet to be his eyes and ears on the ground where development is taking place."
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Very few Black people there......
Four of the 6 counties he carried in 2012 have reservations. He did much better in 2008—13 counties including those which contain Fargo and Grand Forks. He did not carry the county which has the state capital either time.
What happened last year when your state elected Heitkamp? Was her opponent that inept?
It was very disappointing to see both ND Senators vote for the Schumer-Rubio amnesty and massive-increase-in-legal-immigration-bill. Is Hoeven really dumb enough to believe in the phony enforcement amendment he signed onto at the last hour?
Bakken refutes all his policies.
Bush visited Oregon and never came close to carrying it.
And which contain the state universities...
His margins were not that big—a little more than 1000 votes in Grand Forks County (out of 31,000 votes) and a 5,000-vote margin in Cass County (Fargo) out of 70,000 votes cast. (Just counting the votes for the two major candidates.) The University of North Dakota has about 14,000 students and 680 faculty. North Dakota State University has about the same number of students and about 800 faculty.
How quick some forget.
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Bush visited California. A cursory look showed a visit to Fort Irwin in 2007, and I remember him going to Reagans funeral.
Still too close IMHO.
Sucessful capitalism and oil are to Obama, as crosses and daylight are to vampires.
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