In October of 2011, the National Journal ran this headline about the Keystone XL pipeline debate: "Insiders: Obama Will Approve Keystone XL Pipeline This Year." The article's lede noted that "virtually all" or "70 percent" of the publication's energy and environment "insiders" said President Obama would green light the 1,700-mile pipeline that would funnel Canada's tar-sands oil down to Gulf Coast refineries. They were wrong.