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<blockquote data-quote="BrownArmy" data-source="post: 954480" data-attributes="member: 18225">When George Bush Jr. was running for reelection, gas prices were right around $3.50 - $4.00 per gallon in my neighborhood.After he got elected, the prices fell some, and then rose right back to $3.50+ per gallon.Right now, gas prices are...wait for it!Around $3.50 - $4.00 per gallon in my neighborhood.Under Obama&#039;s presidency, the US as a whole has increased domestic oil drilling on a variety of fronts...whether or not this has anything to do with Obama is irrelevant.&nbsp;&nbsp; We&#039;re actually EXPORTING oil right now...weird, right?According to an AP study of the last 36 years of domestic oil production vs. gasoline prices, there seems to be no relationship between how much the US drills and gas prices at home.I&#039;m pretty sure the President has little or no control over daily prices at the pump; the price of gas is much more subject to the situation in the middle east, the fact that we&#039;re in an election cycle, etc...*It bums me out to hear the republican candidates jumping on Obama about gas prices.&nbsp; It&#039;s just a political game.&nbsp;&nbsp; When Newt says (if he gets elected) gas prices will drop to $2.50, he&#039;s being disingenous - where&#039;s the plan?&nbsp; If there was something Obama (or any president) could actually do to drop the price of gas by over a $, don&#039;t you think they would have done it?Bush didn&#039;t do it, Obama didn&#039;t do it, the next president won&#039;t be able to do it either.&nbsp; It&#039;s a red herring.*Saudi Arabia just announced that they&#039;re going to &#039;open the floodgates&#039; and send several extra supertankers of oil to the US, to try and help lower the price of gas.&nbsp; We have the demand, they have the supply, it&#039;s that easy.&nbsp; We&#039;re drilling more oil now than in the past, but we lack the facilities to refine it all, which is just one of the many reasons we&#039;re held hostage to the middle east...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BrownArmy, post: 954480, member: 18225"] When George Bush Jr. was running for reelection, gas prices were right around $3.50 - $4.00 per gallon in my neighborhood. After he got elected, the prices fell some, and then rose right back to $3.50+ per gallon. Right now, gas prices are...[B]wait for it[/B]! Around $3.50 - $4.00 per gallon in my neighborhood. Under Obama's presidency, the US as a whole has increased domestic oil drilling on a variety of fronts...[I]whether or not this has anything to do with Obama is irrelevant[/I]. We're actually [B]EXPORTING[/B] oil right now...weird, right? According to an AP study of the last [B]36[/B] years of domestic oil production vs. gasoline prices, there seems to be no relationship between how much the US drills and gas prices at home. I'm pretty sure the President has little or no control over daily prices at the pump; the price of gas is much more subject to the situation in the middle east, the fact that we're in an election cycle, etc...[B]*[/B] It bums me out to hear the republican candidates jumping on Obama about gas prices. It's just a political game. When Newt says (if he gets elected) gas prices will drop to $2.50, he's being disingenous - where's the plan? If there was something Obama (or any president) could actually do to drop the price of gas by over a $, don't you think they would have done it? Bush didn't do it, Obama didn't do it, the next president won't be able to do it either. It's a red herring. [B]*[/B]Saudi Arabia just announced that they're going to 'open the floodgates' and send several extra supertankers of oil to the US, to try and help lower the price of gas. We have the demand, they have the supply, it's that easy. We're drilling more oil now than in the past, but we lack the facilities to refine it all, which is just one of the many reasons we're held hostage to the middle east... [/QUOTE]

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