R'Oil Wedding

[Grace62]

So this is the 2012 Democratic strategy: blame high gasoline prices on Republican connections to the oil and gas industry...is this gonna work?

http://www.roilwedding.com/

What industry gets in exchange for those contributions, and it's not what the American people want

Since 1990, 75% of oil and gas political contributions have gone to Republicans. (They liked McCain twice as much as Obama)
http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/indus.php?ind=e01


Dems tried to address this in '07 but were blocked by Senate Republicans

And when it comes to lobbying Congress, the environment can't win:
in 2009, $174 million spent by industry, $22 million by environmental groups

What's it gonna take to get a sane energy policy for our country?

[cbelt3]

It will only work if the current governmental claim that "it's Libya's fault" stops being broadcast.

[mrbigstuff]

energy policy is completely off the table until 2013 and if it's a Republican in office in 2013, energy policy is *completely* off the table.

[Mac1337]

High gas prices is pinned on the President regardless of the party. Nice try.

[Carnos Jax]

Really, "nice try"?

[Grace62]

April 22, 2011
Poll: Americans blame U.S. oil companies for high gas prices

Americans, by a three-to-one margin, are more likely to blame U.S. oil companies than President Obama for skyrocketing gasoline prices. But slightly more people blame instability in the Middle East and North Africa for the spike in pump prices, which now top $4 per gallon in much of the country.
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clker.com

According to a recent McClatchy-Marist Poll, 36 percent of Americans think the volatility in the Middle east is to blame for these astronomical prices, 11 percent believe President Obama and the Democrats are the culprits, and seven percent hold the Republicans responsible.

Democrats and Independents — 44 percent and 39 percent, respectively — were more likely to point fingers at U.S. oil companies for high gas prices, while Republicans, 37 percent, were more likely to blame turmoil in the Middle East.

"There's plenty of blame to go around for high fuel prices in the minds of Americans," said Dr. Lee M. Miringoff, Director of the Marist College Institute for Public Opinion.

http://blogs.chron.com/txpotomac/2011/04..._co_1.html

[Seacrest]

Quantitative Easing.

[OWC Jamie]

Grace62 wrote:
So this is the 2012 Democratic strategy: blame high gasoline prices on Republican connections to the oil and gas industry...is this gonna work?


Finger-pointing : Coming to a political circus near you.

What's it gonna take to get a sane energy policy for our country?
Overcoming the fear of losing a few important votes.
Good luck with that.

[Grace62]

"Taxpayers provided a total of $49.5 billion to GM as it went through a bankruptcy reorganization in 2009. The Treasury Department has trimmed its stake in GM to 26.5 percent of the company from 61 percent, when it sold $23.1 billion of GM stock at an initial public offering in November. Treasury will need to sell its remaining GM shares at an average price of $53 to break even on the bailout."
http://us.foxnews.mobi/quickPage.html?page=25962&content=50219885&pageNum=-1

GM share price right now is $31.

[hal]

I agree with dakota (OUCH!!!!) - gas prices - energy prices - economy in general - are always the fault of the president come election time.

The ONLY way to deflect it to big oil would be for the Obama admin to go to war against the big oil. How likely is THAT?