Election over - Republicans disappointed - Do you think gas prices go back up now?
828657
Since before the elections I was saying that prices went down because of the elections and that they will find whatever excuse to bring it back up, but most of the savy idiots of yahoo answer were saying that it was because it was winter time and people did not travel as much. If people cannot decipher such obvious tactics to acquire votes how in the hell can they ever figure out much complex lies about unscrupulous politicians that are desperately trying to get their votes, I see now how America got to this infernal state it is because the voting citizens are not sharp and smart enough and will swallow any waste that the goverment will feed them, such as big oil companies will raise up the gas prices due to the anticipated deficit of the democratic party, we are pathetic.
880348
AMEEEEEEENNNNN!!!!!! Hope the GOP does'nt steal another election.......Just a thought.....Peace........
399942
Most likely yes.I think everyone should park their cars when they don't really have to go anywhere.Hopefully there will be a solution for this problem soon. I limit the gas I pay for because I think the price is getting too high.I say keep your gas,I'll spend the money on something I need more. And of course,I don't think anyone has prevented over-charging for the gas yet,so I just don't buy any more than I absolutely have to have.I know other business suffers too because family's are having to pay more money for gas to go to work,so they don't spend money on other things like extras such as movies,new homes,new clothes etc.I'd drive a solar car if they made one. With global warming there would be plenty of free fuel. Fuel here in South Carolina-I paid 3.69 per gallon this week.The last crisis we had not to long ago,I did pay over 4.00 for gas per gallon.Looks like everything else is going up too. Our family stays home as much as we can.
909999
I hope something was learned.\n\nWhen you latch on to Bush's coattails, expect to pay a price.  \n\nThose who were exploited by all the phony embracing of the corporate buy-out of our politicians, tomorrow is your day to shine in America.\n\nHave your say.\n\nYour vote should count!
300860
no gas prices should go higher!!\n\nthen maybe fat a**es will stop driving their big fat SUV's, take a bus\nand other technologies will be developed\n\nthe gov't did not create the "gas problem" people being lazy did
502628
Not that I am for this--But dear it wouldn't matter and why you ask---well here is an article--this is starting to open up a new can of worms--please understand--Anyone in the world could have all the oil in the world..and it really wouldn't matter at this point...\n\n$3-a-gallon gas: Blame Washington, not Big Oil\nWhat's driving up gas prices? It's not just higher crude costs; it's new regulations.\nNelson D. Schwartz\nMay 3, 2006: 2:20 PM EDT\n\n\n(FORTUNE Magazine) - With gas prices roaring past $3 a gallon and consumer fury rising even faster, Congress and the White House are engaged in a Kabuki-like ritual: pointing fingers at each other over who's to blame, while furiously attacking Big Oil for reaping gargantuan profits - as drivers get hosed at the pump.\n\nIf the politicians really want to figure out who's responsible for the latest round of price increases, though, they'd be better off looking in the mirror. That's because the rise isn't only due to higher crude costs. It's also fallout from some little-noticed provisions in the energy bill passed by Congress and signed into law by President Bush last summer.\n\nBuried in the 551-page energy bill - which was supposed to ease energy shortages, not worsen them - were new regulations governing what additives go into gasoline and how it's refined. Corn-based ethanol is replacing the petroleum-derived additive MTBE, but Congress timed this logistically tricky switchover to occur just as demand for gasoline peaked ahead of the summer driving season - right about now.\n\nThe end result is an extra strain on the refining and distribution system when it can least afford it.\n\n"It's too late now, but Congress has consistently failed to sequence regulatory requirements in a responsible fashion," says Bob Slaughter, president of the National Petrochemical & Refiners Association.\n\nAdds Larry Goldstein of the Petroleum Industry Research Foundation: "The gasoline crisis is made in the U.S.A., not in Iran or Venezuela or Nigeria. At least half the increase in gasoline prices is due to unintended consequences of the energy bill, but no one in Washington wants to admit that."\n\nIndeed, while crude prices have risen 21% since the end of 2005, gasoline is up 37% - a sign of just how stretched the system is. Congress's mistake, says Goldstein, was setting the new law to go into effect 270 days after it was signed - May 5 - rather than waiting until fall, when gas demand is typically on the downswing.\n\nNow the big question is, How high can gas go? Well, perhaps the only good thing that can be said about paying three bucks per gallon is that it seems to be slowing consumption - which should, in turn, reduce prices. Over a four-week period in April, says oil analyst Jamal Qureshi of consulting firm PFC Energy, U.S. gasoline demand dropped by half a percent, to just over nine million barrels a day. That may not sound like much, but it's a reversal from the 1.7% average annual increase in gas consumption the U.S. has experienced over the past decade. If $3 is indeed the tipping point at which consumers change their behavior and alter their driving habits, it's the one silver lining in an otherwise very dark cloud for drivers.\n\nThe wildcard in this scenario, of course, is the increasing risk of a military confrontation with Iran. If that happens, says Qureshi, "all bets are off." Given that crude oil accounts for 55% of the cost of each gallon of gas (refining accounts for 22%, taxes for 19%, and distribution and marketing for 4%), an upward spike in crude oil would push gas up even if the bottlenecks caused by the energy bill ease this summer.\n\nThat's why Red Cavaney, president of the American Petroleum Institute, says the answer in the short term is conservation. Washington is indeed being turned upside down when it's left to Cavaney, Big Oil's chief lobbyist, to talk conservat
695965
No be glad to get it over and done with.  AND! AND! GET THOSE CAMPAIGN ADS OFF THE T.V.\n\nThis has been the dirtiest, nastiest, meanest election ever. I am sick if it especially the Republican ads! They have sunk to a all time new low. It is enough to make me change my vote from Republican to Democrat
49780
It's all about money. They don't care how much they charge because they know that people will continue to pay for it. I thought Congress was discussing the gas situation. What happened to that?
715634
Republicans cheat. Simply put. \n\nYou think it's a coincidence that gas prices have lowered? It's "strategery" as George Bush might say.  As soon as the elections are over, all these things will be back to the way they are. Saddam is a victim of American "democracy," like millions of others.
576765
The gas prices can be helped if the pricks at exxon and all the other fuel manufacture's would lower the price.  They only reported a 50% increase in profit last year.  Yea I say they could do something about it!!!1
270497
we were lied to.\n\nWhat is the price of gasoline today?  Who is making record profits from these prices?(not me)\n\nSeems pretty silly to have investigated Clinton's Whitewater losses when you look at Haliburton's gains.....
725537
Oh, I'm disappointed, but not shocked. We know that the tides of power shift in this country, for better or worse, but at no time should anyone give up hope that we can as a whole be better. I don't agree with Dem policies and initiatives 95% of the time, but the American people who voted have asked that these people be given a chance again. I think domestically this will mean... a new social program here, gridlock over it there, etc, etc. But all things to debate in the near future (at least we are not shooting each other over the results!)\n\nRegardless of the situation, all should remember, we are a country about peaceful exchanges of power. And as I mentioned in other posts, we needn't forget that is a blessing in itself.\n\nOf course, it's time to start working on that next election....! ;-)
994051
Big money backs republicans. It's sad but true. GW is all for the oil tycoons getting rich while we slave away and pay for crazy gas prices.
322862
Gas taxes provide the majority of the road upkeep in the country, which is underfunded as it is. How exactly would that help? Also, $.30 per gallon is not going to affect gas prices all that much. They will continue to go up, no matter what.
506424
Gas prices are going up everywhere for a variety of reasons, not all of which are "greedy oil companies." But I won't go into that.\n\nBecause of the mild winter we've just experienced, there is quite a bit of oil supply right now. I think prices will drop soon.\n\nBest of success.
1111875
... Republicans don't care about the future or fiscal conservation anymore... they only care about pushing their agenda that Fox News, Rush and blogs regurgitate... \n\nThey don't care as long as they are making money... everyone including their kids can go to h*ll... I mean look at their responses on here..\n\nNotice that no one looks at how much it rises... it went up MAYBE 1.5 trillion under 8 Clinton years... it's threatening to double under Bush... thanks for trying...
438516
It is ridiculous,  and I am scared about it.  The gas prices drive up the prices of all other products because, the products have to be driven to the stores in trucks run with gasoline.  So, not only do we end up paying more for gas, but for everything else as well.\nNow, I suppose for the upper and probably mid-level middle class this isn't that huge of a deal, but if you are mostly paycheck to paycheck, like my family, this can really hurt.\nOf course the rich get richer....that's just the way it goes.\nAnd what bugs me is that there isn't even a good reason for this gas spike...it is just speculation in the market driving up the price....\nWhere is our president when we need him?  He is NOT here for the majority of citizens in this country.  He has an agenda that goes against helping his own country, and that is pathetic.