Maybe he will come up with a way for the GOP to take credit?

maybe both of the above?

Doubt he will keep his mouth shut, though, unless Romney has him gagged or something like that.

It's just not possible, not in his nature to let Obama get any credit for anything good, anything that would support The President or any of his policies; certainly not now with an election just around the corner.

However, the spin will be he made the prices go up so he could bring them down as an election strategy......

...sorry for stealing their thunder);

Like any other resource it can command a higher price when demand is greater or competition for it is greater or when supply falls.

Let's all be honest here. Rarely can any one head of state influence the prices of commodities. There are certainly things they *could* do that would distort the price. But no one has done that.

McConnell is playing politics, which is what politicians do. Very little of what politicians say has anything to do with facts and reality. This is why all politicians are smarmy. They sing a tune and hope that everyone else buys their music. It plays to the faithful but few else. The only value it may have is as a pile-on to an already frustrated citizenry dealing with a bad economy.

However, McConnell used the weasel words "it's my view", which implies opinion. Opinions are way, way, way subordinate to facts, but you can back away from them by saying "I guess I was wrong" after the fallout.

Give Obama the credit for that, too, just in time to take credit for it before the election, as I predicted MONTHS ago. This should be no surprise at all.

Now that the price of oil is falling is the Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) going to:
Give Obama the credit for that, too, just in time to take credit for it before the election, as I predicted MONTHS ago. This should be no surprise at all.
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Do one of those searches. I also predicted it would drop before the election. :)

like I said....

You just wait there are so many other good things he can do he is the best. I am so happy so many can see how great he is as President and can witness these changes.

$3.27 a gallon this afternoon in Baltimore.

"When I think of the candidates for the next President I am reminded of a quote:
"Those who can - walk on water!
Those who can't - pass water!"
Who is which?"
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Everyone "passes water". Jesus walked on water. Whose quote is that, RL?

You're close, Chase-- I said this last fall, when the price started skyrocketing.

But this drop in prices is NOT just before the elections-the election is still months away so explain that.

It took several months to go up as high as it did. It'll take several to drop back down.

The President has ZERO to do with the price of gas but you folks go on thinking he has powers that he doesn't.

Are you sure of that?

The fact that politicians take all praise and no blame for just about everything has zero to do with reality.

"Give Obama the credit for that, too, just in time to take credit for it before the election, as I predicted MONTHS ago. This should be no surprise at all.

Elvis:

"Do one of those searches. I also predicted it would drop before the election. :)"

vgkg:

"....and I also predicted the gas fall way before the election, even before July, you remember when Israel was supposed to have attacked Iran by July don't cha? Boo!"

Hay (and JP Morgan, the man.):

"Prices will fluctuate."

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

So, Bill, Elvis and vgkg,

How much money did you make?

Hay

So true. You ever see a parade that didn't have the politicians vying for the front spots?

Personally, I think we all need to go find a Wall Street speculator and give him a big hug.

Hay

This is such a sham. These huge platforms are no crab boats in the Berring Sea which routinely battle full storm force gales and 40' seas.

Tropical storms are not new to the Gulf of Mexico and go back and see how many times they were shut down a few decades ago to cease production in 45 to 55 mph storm, which in this case wasn't a major threat or predicted to move that way.

The good stuff - gas without ethanol is still $4.25 plus locally at the few places where you can still get it.

The ethanol in the gas really screws up many small engines, seasonal use equipment and older engines, plus doesn't has substantially less BTU value, especially winter blends.

The ethanol free 93 octane that I use in my boats, motorcycles and cars runs around $5.00 per gallon.

How much money did you make?"

Hay

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Nada! I'm one of those conservative types, right? Like the tortoise and the hare; the grasshopper and the ant, well you see the pattern.

Boring. No money-making excitement here...thanks for asking :)