According to a RW Facebook Friend, gas skyrocketed 40 cents the day after Obama was re-elected

[Tommy_Carcetti]

Say Wha???????????

[TBF]

1. It's still around $2.95 - $2.99 /gallon here in Houston. nt

[Autumn]

2. Say bullshit!!!!!!!

I gassed up this morning and it was the same price.

[Skinner]

3. Tell your Facebook friend that our secret plan to ruin America appears to be working. (nt)

[Tigress DEM]

4. Pissed off oil folk that didn't get their way. What can you say?

Pres can only make long term changes that help lower gas prices over all. If it's a quick blip, it's the oil barons.

BUT it also dropped down big time right BEFORE the election. Was under $3 in some places and right around $3.06 - $3.12 in others.

[Scuba]

5. Went up two cents here. Ask your friend why he thinks lies will work when they didnt' for Romney.

[gollygee]

6. So your friend thinks Obama took office and immediately raised the gas prices?

Or does that mean he admits that gas prices are controlled by someone else?

[notadmblnd]

7. It went up in my area in SE Michigan about 30 cents.

[LeftofObama]

16. Went up in my area in Northwest Ohio

about 30 cents too.

[notadmblnd]

19. It's probably the storm in the east causing it. I jumped like that last week too

[demtenjeep]

8. went down in my area

7:30 am

[mnmoderatedem]

9. wouldn't be uncommon

they've been stadily declining for a while and are as low as they've been in a long time. Wouldn't be surprising at all to see a sudden spike...

[LeftyMom]

10. Same as yesterday here. It's been slowly falling after the big price spike in October.

[FreeState]

11. Proof he is lying... link

http://gasbuddy.com/GB_Price_List.aspx?cntry=USA

[Tommy_Carcetti]

14. Thanks. I just tired of right wingers just posting bull shit to try to score points.

I mean things that aren't even close to the truth. Not even remotely. To call it wild speculation would give it too much credit.

[PD Turk]

12. Still $2.98 in tulsa

same as when I left yesterday, he's full of shit.

[BeeBee]

13. Here where I live, it's gone down about 1.00 per gallon over the last couple of weeks. n/t

[HopeHoops]

15. Um, no. It was 20 cents lower today than yesterday. No clue why, but it is.

I almost filled up at $3.89, but today it was $3.69. The tank's about half full. I'll wait a few more days. The DOW was up by 300 points today. See a pattern here?

[leftlibdem420]

17. The right does this shit all the time, every where

In 1990, when the social democratic New Democratic Party won an unexpected election victory in Ontario, there were "Taxed to death by Bob Rae" signs all over the province before Premier Rae even had a chance to call the legislature. Stunts like that create a poisonous atmosphere, and everyone suffers for it.

[Lugnut]

18. Not here.

Gas rices are obscene but they haven't moved at all since last week when they went down a few cents.

[A HERETIC I AM]

20. RBOB gasoline futures were up 1.2 cents today.

http://www.cmegroup.com/trading/energy/refined-products/rbob-gasoline_quotes_globex.html


That's $0.012 per gallon higher than the open this morning for delivery in December.

[cherish44]

21. same price here

Still getting gouged same as we were yesterday

[LiberalFighter]

22. Here in Ft Wayne Indiana it went up 30 cents on Election Day

Price was $3.19 at the nearest gas station on Monday (Republicans... that was day before election)
Price was $3.49 at the nearest gas station on Election Day.

If this was Obama's plan it would be a poor decision in getting re-elected.

Plausible explanations
1) Gas stations in area colluded with each other have price go up.
2) Oil industry (the ones campaigning against Obama) ordered price to be fixed higher.

[Dem_4_Life]

23. Gas went down here in San Antonio

It went down 6 cents here.