http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2015/01/keystone_pipeline_two_ways_obama_can_still_win_even_as_the_senate_republicans.html

Congressional Republicans remain on track for their first major legislative victory of 2015. The push to greenlight construction of the Keystone XL pipeline cleared its biggest procedural hurdle in the Senate on Monday, making its passage in the coming weeks all but inevitable. Republicans are in a win-win situation here: If the president signs the bill into law, the GOP can point to the pipeline as proof they’re delivering on their campaign promises. If Obama vetoes, he hands Republicans ammunition to argue ahead of 2016 that it’s the Democrats who are responsible for Washington’s gridlock. Either way, the new GOP-controlled Congress will be off to a running start.