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GOP's gas price politics could prove fleeting (Obama takes office $1.68, Obama now $3.88)
msnbc ^ | 3/27/20112 | Michael O'Brien

Posted on 03/27/2012 3:31:03 AM PDT by tobyhill

Republicans have in recent weeks waged an all-out blitz against President Barack Obama over the issue of gas prices, but the political benefit could prove fleeting, if and when fuel prices decline.

The steady rise in gas prices this spring provides Republicans with their most immediate example of the pocketbook fleecing suffered by voters, prompting the party to pounce. While some indicators point toward a tentative economic recovery -- which could be to the president’s political benefit -- the lost income associated with higher gas prices has led the GOP’s presidential contenders and leaders in Congress to complain that it’s Obama’s energy policies that have contributed to upped costs.

And from Republicans’ vantage point, Obama is on the ropes on the issue. They point to his energy tour last week, which included a stop at the southern portion of the Keystone XL Pipeline, as an example of the White House’s response to Republican pressure.

“The issue of gas prices is near the top now in terms of what we're hearing from people,” said Republican Colorado Rep. Cory Gardner. “President Obama wouldn't be taking credit for a pipeline he has nothing to do with unless he weren't feeling pressure that he's not doing enough.”

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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2012issues; anwr; bho2012; bhoenergy; energy; gasprices; keystonexl; mediawingofthednc; opec; partisanmediashills
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1 posted on 03/27/2012 3:31:06 AM PDT by tobyhill
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To: tobyhill

The point at which gas prices start to shut down our economy to my thinking at least is below $4/gallon and we’ve been at or above that point for over a year now. I don’t picture anybody forgetting this before November.


2 posted on 03/27/2012 3:41:32 AM PDT by varmintman
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To: tobyhill
Obama raises gas pricesNewt debates Obama


Obama fingers crossed

Remember, Obama thinks that energy is bad, and high energy prices are good!

3 posted on 03/27/2012 3:43:20 AM PDT by Bon mots ("When seconds count, the police are just minutes away...")
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To: tobyhill

“Republicans have in recent weeks waged an all-out blitz against President Barack Obama over the issue of gas prices,”

If this is the Republican idea of a “all-out blitz” its no wonder we are getting no where fast!


4 posted on 03/27/2012 4:02:03 AM PDT by Shane (When Injustice Becomes Law, RESISTANCE Becomes DUTY.----T.Jefferson)
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To: Bon mots

That picture is not surprising at all.


5 posted on 03/27/2012 4:08:07 AM PDT by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: tobyhill

I’m thinking that Obama will find a way to get those gas prices down before Election Day.


6 posted on 03/27/2012 4:13:37 AM PDT by no dems (I've always been crazy but that's the only thing that's kept me from going insane.)
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To: no dems

“I’m thinking that Obama will find a way to get those gas prices down before Election Day.”

I’d be interested in how he reduces inflation while increasing spending; a lot of the gas price increase has been mirrored in supermarkets. With the current job market and inflation, he stands no chance.


7 posted on 03/27/2012 4:17:55 AM PDT by kearnyirish2
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To: tobyhill
"GOP's gas price politics could be fleeting?"

What O'Brien and all of his sycophant, Obamabot, bros and sisters in the Lame Stream Media reallllly mean is they are hoping against hope that these high gas prices will not have any affect on the reelection of their Messiah and they all intend to do everything in their power to see that the poor sheeple are disabused of the notion that the Fascist, Neo-Commie is in any way responsible.

8 posted on 03/27/2012 4:18:39 AM PDT by Conservative Vermont Vet (l)
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To: varmintman
EVERYTHING is SKYROCKETING IN PRICE... EVERYTHING! Repair parts... appliance parts... food... clothing... electronic parts... copper... aluminum... and ALL of the products produced using them. Anyone that shops knows that we are in a depression... with government induced hyper inflation and massive unemployment but the media is of satan and obama and the dims are of satan... so do the lies that spew forth from hell surprise any thinking person?

LLS

9 posted on 03/27/2012 4:22:51 AM PDT by LibLieSlayer (WOLVERINES!)
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To: tobyhill

LOL. I still remember reading on National Review (I forget the author) how we conservatives ought to be careful about criticizing Obama, just in case the stimulus worked.


10 posted on 03/27/2012 4:25:26 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: no dems

First... the law of supply and demand is still in effect... so is gravity. Nothing will change the supply but the Strategic oil supply being tapped... and if he taps that... it will be a short lived and tiny change. obama wants these high prices and anything that he does to lower them... angers his base. Remember... our enemies are insane.

LLS


11 posted on 03/27/2012 4:26:39 AM PDT by LibLieSlayer (WOLVERINES!)
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To: SoFloFreeper
Yes... NR and the republicon party... (unlike we Conservatives who actually KNOW that our ideology works and that socialism has never worked... because we study History and take our past seriously... unlike the left... who love women's studies and racist degrees in hate) do not believe in Conservatism... they use it as a tool to lie to us and to try and convince us that they are what they claim to be... but there is very little difference in the way that republicans and dims govern... it is a matter of degrees... not direction. They run as Reagan and once elected... run away from Reagan. The gop/e and their minions are not our friends and they damned sure are not our allies.

LLS

12 posted on 03/27/2012 4:34:40 AM PDT by LibLieSlayer (WOLVERINES!)
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To: LibLieSlayer

As long as there are 24/7 sports and the beer flows freely, most people will accept and move on. They think that “dear leader” is doing the best he can and other such tripe.


13 posted on 03/27/2012 5:32:15 AM PDT by wally_bert (It's sheer elegance in its simplicity! - The Middleman)
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To: tobyhill

Before gas prices decline in the fall, they will do a lot of damage to the economy. Its not a matter of voter’s memory...its more a matter of how many voters will be fully employed in an economy weakened by high fuel prices. Fuel is more than gasoline...its diesel fuel and Jet-A fuel, both of which impact the economy just as much as gasoline.

For this issue to be “off the table” during election season, prices will have to begin falling in June...not August/September.

Heating Oil prices will not be a factor in the elction cycle because the country does not heat with oil as much as 30-40 years ago. The major market for heating oil is in the northeast states which are Blue anyway.


14 posted on 03/27/2012 5:33:42 AM PDT by NRG1973
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To: Shane
“Republicans have in recent weeks waged an all-out blitz against President Barack Obama over the issue of gas prices,”

If this is the Republican idea of a “all-out blitz” its no wonder we are getting no where fast!

I agree...the GOP has been quite docile on this issue. But, maybe thats for the best. Fuel prices are something that is "in the voters face' every day. They see fuel prices every time they pass a gas station and feel fuel prices every time the fill their tanks or buy groceries. Republican candidates don't need to appear as though they are cheering on high fuel prices...Let the blogosphere and talk radio do that for them.

15 posted on 03/27/2012 5:38:30 AM PDT by NRG1973
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To: no dems
I’m thinking that Obama will find a way to get those gas prices down before Election Day.

There isn't a darn thing that 0bama can or will do to lower fuel prices. The only things that can lower fuel prices are reduced demand or resolution to the Iranian situation.

The president has hinted at a co-ordinated release of oil from the SPR and Saudia Arabia is sending a "wall of oil" to the US to beat down oil prices. Neither action has had a lasting affect on oil prices because the amount of oil is virtually insignificant in a 90 million bpd global market.

16 posted on 03/27/2012 5:42:57 AM PDT by NRG1973
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To: tobyhill

Even if “the one” gets gas prices down to reasonable prices, the damange is already done due the inflation in all other items which increased and will not decrese in price after a oil price drop. Obama needs high gas prices to balance his budget on the backs of the people through inflation’s hidden equalizing effect on money spent by the government. It is the same when our currency value drops after we have international trade and we repay the debt in devalued dollars.


17 posted on 03/27/2012 5:46:57 AM PDT by Jumper
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To: tobyhill

Whistling past the grave yard


18 posted on 03/27/2012 5:50:18 AM PDT by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 ..... Crucifixion is coming)
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To: LibLieSlayer

every time I walk out of the grocery store and look at the receipt, I ask “what the #$%$% did I buy?”, prices are moving up, fast.


19 posted on 03/27/2012 6:12:39 AM PDT by tm61 (somewhere in chicago, a ward is missing it's crook)
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To: no dems

What way? How? Release of strategic oil reserve will have little impact.


20 posted on 03/27/2012 6:22:50 AM PDT by jveritas (God bless our brave troops)
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