"Um, … this came as a surprise to anybody?"

a person close to Obama, commenting on “all the professions of shock and outrage at Obama’s decision to reject the Keystone XL pipeline.” In his statement Wednesday, Obama said, “This announcement is not a judgment on the merits of the pipeline, but the arbitrary nature of a deadline that prevented the State Department from gathering the information necessary to approve the project and protect the American people.” Both were quoted in POLITICO Morning Energy this morning.