Will the lowering of per gallon gas prices by .40-.50cts be enough...

[bridgit]

for republicans to retain the house & senate? cause imo that will not be enough :thumbsdown: and why no talk about playing with the politics of fossil fuels from MSM...or ANYWHERE for that matter :shrug:

[Ignacio Upton]

1. Yippie! $1.99 gas! I'm voting Republican

:crazy:

[bridgit]

6. i should ask swag to compile some actuary or other in the form a...

graph that tracks gas prices pre & post election cycles, huh :thumbsup:

[demosincebirth]

19. Hell, I paid $2.89 today in Willts, Ca., today.

[bridgit]

20. that's what i'm talking, we were up through Ukiah today...

our from sacto & back x(

[havocmom]

2. Housing market is trashed and foreclosures are WAY up

cheap gas won't buy many votes. Most know it's a scam and are asking why it is falling if the high prices were really justified.

And unemployed people can't buy much no matter what the price.

Edited to add: DEMS need to make sure America remembers that little check the junta had Congress OK for all the households... and how they ended up paying it all back when April 15th rolled around.

[bridgit]

7. 'speculators' got spanked the other day for driving housing prices up...

:spank: i say take all the speculation of our so-called free market and see what happens that's my thought...

[PVnRT]

8. The speculators aren't paying the price

Those that jumped on the bandwagon are, and they are getting VERY pissed...

[bridgit]

11. they were offered a sack based on what speculators had to say...

it's their sack now...but speculators put it within their grasp :shrug: oh sure, it's lovely to be paid on each end of a transaction win or lose, but that's not the world i live in

[havocmom]

30. Part of foreclosure problem could be those home equity loans

that have been seriously pushed for the past few years. Makes me think the tanking of the economy was all part of the plan. Good way for the Haves & Have Mores to make sure that uppity middle class and those worker bees learn their place: under the thumbs of the ultra rich

Lots of people about to become homeless in the US. Rents up so if you can't pay your mortgage, you are gonna be hard pressed to rent a decent place to live. Workers and middle class finding out that in this 'ownership society' PEOPLE are what gets owned.

[notadmblnd]

3. it' seems to be on the way back up around here

gone from 2.09 at most places back up to as high as 2.29 today. Either that or they're just gouging us:shrug:

[bridgit]

9. shit, you're lucky, the mean average was some 2.80 round here...

up until a couple days ago, and that was down from 3.15 x(

[riderinthestorm]

18. Still 2.70 here too (west of Chicago). nt

[DemoTex]

4. Everybody knows why gas prices are down. Even dogs and cats know.

Even dumb rednecks get this trick.

[bridgit]

12. i'll put you down for a 'yes'...

[DemoTex]

15. I think you meant "NO."

Will the lowering of per gallon gas prices by .40-.50cts be enough...?

No. It will NOT be enough. People see through it for what it is worth!

[bridgit]

16. then i do agree, it's the thought of rednecks actually getting anything...

that becomes a wildcard; but don't get me wrong, my dad was from kentucky, was a nice/sweet redneck, did undertsand, but would have never voted for this bush kid :)

[whistle]

5. No

[bridgit]

13. i don't think it will either...

the change in the nation seems greater that mere gas prices...i agree

[meisje]

10. yes

[bridgit]

14. yikes...

[RB TexLa]

17. I for one will be happy when it goes back up

screw selling this stuff for $61 a barrel.

[bridgit]

21. you forgot to add this...

:sarcasm: or a link that refutes the manipulation of fossil fuel prices as a means of placating a populace in favor of republican choices for all things under the sun :rofl:

[RB TexLa]

25. I didn't forget anything

Had just gotten in and opened a couple of royalty checks, and wasn't happy. No big deal.

[bridgit]

26. eh, you'll do just fine, after this pesky election (maybe those things...

have reached their usefulness apex) you'll be riding high again another war coming don't you know. knew a good ole irish boy in southern cal that felt the same way about a handful of little ole wells he kinda liked cause he & his brother poked them themselves back when...he'd just shake his head at a quarterly payout of some 2700-3000 bucks in the 80's; but he was an old boy and long since sold his hot-plant

he had stocks everywhere though, i swear he must have bought into AT&T when they were not but two wires hanging out of the wall but ah...the joys of getting in on the ground floor ;)

diversity! i'll bet you dollars to donuts that's the ticket :kick:

http://www.nrel.gov

[cynatnite]

22. I will vote republican if the gas is .99 p/gallon

I'm not so easy.

[bridgit]

23. me neither, i tell'em, "put the money on the dresser first, sailor"...

:thumbsup:

[Hippo_Tron]

24. All of the Senate polls are looking good, except NJ

And I don't think that will be a problem once Kean gets spanked by Menendez in the upcoming debates. I haven't seen much polling on Felix vs Webb recently but I'd think that Webb will be up since Felix is stuck in a bad news cycle that won't end.

[bridgit]

28. thanks, Hippo_Tron, i say steady, forward & realistically so...

the bush admin & all the republicans that helped such a maladjusted specimen get so high; are breaking apart upon re-entry...it's not so sad to see as it is inevitable

:kick:

[napi21]

27. Well. if it's any consolation, the question of Jack Cafferty's weekend

show last week was "Will the lower gas prices affect how you vote in Nov?"

Just before he read some emails, he said "I received thousands of responseson this question, and I'm glad to say, I didn't receive even ONE yes reponse!" Seems that almost all the responders believe the prices are being manipulated!

[bridgit]

29. thanks for this post, but you know something else, when Cafferty first...

came on (and yes i realize he's been in the NYC market for like ever) i had my doubts, it didn't seem like he had his theme worked out and was on the other end...perhaps with the passing of all the neocon bullshit after seeing how they used a national tragedy that occurred in his town; he has come into what seems like his centered, proper voice and that makes more sense to me

i've been appreciating Cafferty more these last 6 months or so :thumbsup:

[napi21]

31. At least recently, Jack has been posing question no one else on

the tube will ask! I find it hysterical watching the look on Wolfe's face after Jack does his analysis of his question of the hour during the week. Sometimes the best Wolfe can get out is a low grunt!

[petronius]

32. At this point, I'd bet that any change in gas prices will be bad for Rs

Prices go up - bad foreign policy combined with cronyism is driving up prices and hurting Americans.

Prices go down - clear evidence that the Rs and their cronies have been ripping us off for the past five years, and now they think we're stupid enough to sell our votes for table scraps. (The only worry, of course, is that when I think back to the Great Tax Rebate^TM, many people are stupid enough to accept the scraps.)