"If gas is at $2.50 a gallon, Obama wins", pundit on MSNBC today

[itsrobert]

I don't know the person's name. The pundit predicted if gas is $2.50 a gallon and unemployment is under 8 percent Obama will win easily.

This is nonsense. The only way gas goes to $2.50 a gallon again is if the economy tanks big time.

[truebrit71]

1. If the economy tanks again gas will be $5/gallon..not the other way around...

..in fact, Big Oil might raise the prices again just to make sure that the economic recovery is as slow as possible..

[itsrobert]

2. That not how the economy works

Oil goes up when there is demand. Like during a booming economy. When the economy tanks, demand for oil is low.

[truebrit71]

3. Oil goes up when speculators and producers want it to...

...demand has little to do with it...or can you explain why the gas prices were so high last year and the year before when the economy was still sucking wind but now that the economy has picked up the price has come down...??

[itsrobert]

4. I don't know what where you are

Prices came down the last two years and they are on the rise again in California.

Gas prices are on the rise. Trend this month.

http://www.GasBuddy.com/gb_retail_price_chart.aspx?city1=USA Average&city2=&city3=&crude=n&tme=1&units=us

[Kwarg]

6. Yup paid 3.79 for the "cheap stuff" today nt

[Kwarg]

8. Btw... Same station 4.03 today

[Kwarg]

12. 4.09 today... 4.29! is the most I've ever paid.

And this only february 18 eeeeksss

[Kwarg]

13. 4.19/gal for regular unleaded

The recovery is gonna fizzle bigtime

[Kwarg]

15. 4.31 today same station regular unleaded

[Kwarg]

16. 4.43/gal today same station

[Thrill]

5. Tap the reserves for a couple months around August

Flood the Markets. He should be fine if he can keep it at $3.02-$3.10

[babylonsister]

7. They keep moving the goal posts. WhatASurprise. nt

[DCBob]

9. Obama wins if gas is at $4 / gallon as long as the economy/jobs keeps improving.

The pundits are running out of things to bash Obama about.

[JoePhilly]

11. +1

[JoePhilly]

10. That guy was ridiculous ... and spouting right wing nonsense.

Gas is already around 3.70 ... and unemployment is 8.5 ... and Obama is STILL crushing the GOP idiots in the polls ... oddly, the Liberal MSNBC host did not point that out to the dope.

[bigdarryl]

14. Obama will win if the prices are $6.00 a gallon this has no effect on the Presidential race

[crimsonblue]

17. Obama wins if he gets 270 electoral votes.

[ShadowLiberal]

18. So, Obama wins if he embraces Mexico style socialism to encourage our addiction to oil?

So, Obama wins if he starts to subsidize oil like Mexico, where it's capped at $98 a barrel, or $2.33 a gallon? And where the government pays the difference if it's higher then $98 a barrel?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasoline_and_diesel_usage_and_pricing#Mexico