WAKE-UP CALL – AT 8:31 A.M. ET:  Before the president wields his veto pen, he might look at the latest poll from Fox: 

Most Americans of all political stripes support construction of the long-delayed Keystone XL oil pipeline, and want President Obama to sign legislation approving it, according to a new Fox News poll.

The pipeline would transport oil from Canada to refineries in the United States.

A 65-percent majority says Obama should sign the Keystone legislation, according to the poll. That includes 82 percent of Republicans, 60 percent of independents and 52 percent of Democrats.

Overall, only 22 percent of voters think the president should veto it -- which he has threatened to do.

The U.S. House passed a bill approving the pipeline Friday. The Senate is now considering Keystone legislation, but there won’t be a final vote this week.

Support for Keystone has held steady for years: 68 percent of voters backed it at the end of 2014, 70 percent in 2013 and 67 percent in 2012.

COMMENT:  Walter Russell Mead recently argued that liberal institutions, which campaign against projects like Keystone, are losing their influence with the public.  We see the truth of that in poll after poll.

January 15,  2015