[walford]

One thing that hasn't been discussed much is fuel prices. Kerry is already preliminarily blaming Bush for $3.00/gal gas prices that are anticipate in the fall. Just in time for elections.

I strongly suspect that OPEC is going to do all it can to choose a winner in our presidential election by tanking our economy. The production cutbacks in '73 and '79 were devastating, because unlike Europe, our country is spread out and much more dependent upon trucking for shipping.

Prices of everything will skyrocket, especially staple items like groceries. This will then have a broad effect upon every man, woman and child in this country. Food prices are already going up.

Most Americans don't care about politics, but enough of them will blame whomever is president if they can't pay their bills.

[Defiant]

Bush will need to get his buddy Putin to help out on oil production again. High gas prices would put a damper on his reelection. I think he'd still win, but it might be too close for comfort. I like blowouts, and all things being equal, this is shaping up to be a blowout. Kerry is so unlikeable that it's comical.

[Ronly Bonly Jones]

Didn't we just invade the Oil Spigot of the Middle East? Give it a quarter turn in July or so and then sit back and prepare to party in November.

[vpintheak]

About the funniest thing I heard all day was when I was listening to Rush and He said John Kerry would tell OPEC to increase production! What a laugh! Sure these Arabs are just gonna roll right over for you Johny! Whatever.

[olde north church]

RE: Gasoline Prices, (just for kicks)
If President Bush said he would go to war for oil in say Saudi, don't you think people would believe him? You know it and I know it's not true but 40 percent of the pods think that's what the Iraq War was anyway. Don't you think they would strip off enough voters to give President Bush a well deserved 2nd term? What would Kerry do to bring gas prices down, buy it from the French?