Will gas prices go back up right after the Nov election?

[survivor999]

Poll question: Will gas prices go back up right after the Nov election?

Speculate.

[CountAllVotes]

1. when did they go down?

Paid $3.09 a gallon yesterday. :grr:

[bullwinkle428]

9. Are you serious? It's $1.99 at a number of places near me! Oh,

I'm in a swing state...how silly of me to forget that for a second! No manipulation here...show's over...move along folks! They'll surely go back up again, just as precdictably as the screaming you'll hear from the morans who decided (they're the deciders) that it was suddenly okay to purchase gas guzzlers over the past 4-6 weeks, because the prices were on their way down for good this time!

[OzarkDem]

16. We need a price-fixing investigation

Where is the DOJ when you need them?

[survivor999]

21. YES! If the prices are pushed intentionall down

It means they are kept intentionally UP to start with. It does not take a genius to start suspecting that what is going on is a nation-wide Enron scam...

[Hav]

2. .

Probably. And I wonder whether the Dems will be blamed ;).

[Kolesar]

3. China announced it is buying petro for its strategic reserve, so yes

[drdtroit]

4. 1 NO vote? I can't believe Cheney posts here! n/t

[Deep13]

8. Maybe the responder figured that they would wait until Thursday.

[Reader Rabbit]

5. Shouldn't the responses be...

1. Does a bear shit in the woods

vs.

2. Is the Pope Catholic?

Just askin'.

[liberal N proud]

6. Should bu$h be impeached? Is the Pope Catholic?

Is Cheney the real commander in chief?
Does the Unites States Torture?
Do Republicans molest children?

....

[Monkeyman]

7. Yes, Yes and Yes

[OzarkDem]

15. Do bears go potty in the woods? n/t

[John Gauger]

10. the oil companies will cut back on production

just like they always do when they feel like raising prices. I don't know what Saudi Arabia is doing right now but I suspect they also have increased production with the aim of helping the Republicans. They did it in 2004 to help Bush, but they may not have such a strong connection to the GOP at large. The shutdown of the busted BP Alaska pipeline was timed specifically to maximize profits before the price lowering for the election. They knew about that problem for more than ten years before they decided to fix it, and it just happened to be at the most profitable time possible.

[Richard D]

11. Yes

And they will go up higher than they were before. If you look at the pricing pattern for the last 5 years or so, there is a very distinct pattern of the prices going way up, then back down a bit, they up even more than before.

[halobeam]

12. My bill went down OVER 50%...

For those who don't pay attention to "timely" pricing changes, they are going to be placed in the mindset that all is okay again. What sad fools.

[BOSSHOG]

13. Before the sunrises on the 8th if the Dems take the house and/or Senate

[zbdent]

14. Yes, if the Repukes maintain control of who decides what to investigate

.

[Homer Wells]

17. Has anybody done a study

regarding the lowering gas prices. I wonder if the price has dropped faster in Red States than Blue States. I l;ive in WV, and the prices hover around 2.10 to 2.20 here. Just wondering if that is the case over the nation?

[survivor999]

20. Not that I know of...

But there are tools economists use to infer causality (not just correlations) among a bunch of variables... I bet that would turn up something interesting. Coincidences happen RARELY. Anybody keeping track of "coincidences" over years could prove statistically that some just cannot be coincidences, that some specific causal factors were in play.

[CatholicEdHead]

18. Already going back up here

Was down to $2.09 in places now it is around $2.20.

[hpot]

19. Florida here at $2.22

Gas was cheap at $2.22 Reg and Jeb has been on TV recently touting cheap generic drugs with Walmart. I wonder if people still remember the Repugs were responsible for making generics illegal to buy from Canada and stopped negotiations for cheap medications.

They are really working hard for our votes. I hope people don't fall for their temporary bribes.

[ComerPerro]

22. not RIGHT after. Maybe a month or two

but by Jan 2007, it will be around 2.75, and gradually increase to 3 or more towards spring, then 4 by summer.

[Ganja Ninja]

23. Bush will crank up the war drums with Iran and the price will ...

go right back up and even set new records.