Local Six O'Clock Nooz: Gas at 3.25 and could drop to 3.00 in a few weeks

[Stinky The Clown]

A year ago it was 2.67 here.

(Baltimore)

[sarcasmo]

1. Pre-Election drop, Gas at the pump did this same thing in 04.

[Telly Savalas]

22. "I was totally gonna vote for Obama when gas was $4/gallon

but now that it's closer to $3, I'm goin' with McCain."

If only I had a dollar every time I heard that.

[pampango]

29. In 2004 gas prices rose from early September to early November from $1.81 to $1.98 nationally.

It then declined to $1.75 after the election to the end of the year.

http://www.eia.doe.gov/oil_gas/petroleum/data_publications/wrgp/mogas_history.html

[progressiveforever]

2. Oil companies want their buddy elected

And I'm not talking Obama

[Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel]

26. I wonder how many fools are going to buy a SUV's now the price have dropped?

:eyes:

[CC]

3. And that is with a supply shortage...

I would also call it a pre-election drop.

[librechik]

4. Oh I'm so glad President Bush got gas prices down just in time

for the elections. The Republicans are so effective!


:sarcasm:

[VP505]

10. Wouldn't surprise me a bit

if the Reptilian Candidates don't start making that claim for their re-election.

[no_hypocrisy]

5. In NJ I saw regular at $2.99.

[bluestateguy]

9. Are you people still disallowed from pumping your own gas?

I remember about 15 years ago being in NJ and not being allowed to pump my own gas. That probably adds a few cents on to the price.

[no_hypocrisy]

11. Yep. And when you try to do that, they shoo you away with excuses of

insurance won't let them let you pump your own gas.

[Stinky The Clown]

13. I dunno ..... NJ always seems to have the lowest prices in the Middle Atlantic.

Even with their no-pump laws.

[Kahuna]

17. We gladly pay the few cents more to let others do it..

:)

[dflprincess]

20. I would too

especially in January.

[LostinVA]

21. It doesn't -- we have the cheapest gas

It's annoying when you have to wait for an attendant, but it's great in bad weather. Plus, my hands don't end up smelling like diesel.

[Kahuna]

23. When Corzine took office he toyed with the idea or self-serve. Outraged..

I emailed him to don't even think about it! :)

[LostinVA]

24. That's one of the best things about moving to NJ

Not having to pump my own gas on those really rainy/really cold/etc. days -- and STILL ahve it be cheaper than VA!

[Bluenorthwest]

28. Disallowed? No, sir, New Jersey and here in Oregon

we are given service by people who get paid to pump gas. In other States, we are forced to pump our own or pay premiums for service. Customers who benefit inculde anyone who does not wish to smell gas, plus, as I am sure you see, the disabled and elderly, pregnant women, and in heavy rain or wind or snow, everybody digs it.
Low skill jobs. Customer service. And guess what? Gas costs more the second I cross into CA and am again forced to do the job of the filling station staff. I pay more, and give them free labor.

[rocktivity]

6. Well, duh--there IS an election coming up.

It's down to $3.06 around here (Newark NJ) and I expect to be around $2.50 by Nov. 4. Back in November '06, I won a bet because I was able to find a station that was selling it for LESS than two dollars!

:headbang:
rocknation

[smoogatz]

7. And after election day

it'll be right back up to $4 in about a week, on some flimsy pretext or other.

[bluestateguy]

8. I don't doubt it. There is an election coming up, you know.

On the other side of the coin, it does take some of the steam out of the "drill baby drill" crowd.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

12. Already $2.89 in Springfield MO

and below $3 at the line. Still $3.39 in northern Arkansas, but the distributors here tend to rip off consumers.

[tom_paine]

14. This is for McPalin, to help in the election. I said long ago that it would $2.90

by Phony Election Day.

The Bushie Principles of Gestalt-Based Propoganda say (and I think correctly) that statistically, such a price drop will result in a "non-specific rush of good feelings" that will mean less votes against the status quo.

The "non-specific rush of good feelings" I am speaking of from the discounted gasoline will be akin to a heroine junkie taking a hit of discounted junk into their vein.

And yes, it happened in 2006, 2004, and 2002, complemetary to the Phony Price Jack-Ups in 2001 (enron) 2003 (Iraq Invasion) and 2005 (Katrina/Rita...good cover for Bushie Thieves THAT year)

[Delphinus]

15. Anything to make it seem

easier in time for election day. Then, watch it spike.

[Kahuna]

16. I'm sure it will. The gas prices always go down around election time

when repukes are in charge.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

18. I paid $3.69 per, a couple of hours ago.

[Obamarama]

19. Did we not all predict this very thing?? Are we all a bunch of first class soothsayers or what??!!

Just like fucking clock work.

[Freddie Stubbs]

25. It goes down this time of year most years even when it is not an election year

[MilesColtrane]

27. Brother, can you spare a dime?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deflation

[SteveG]

30. I paid $3.09 in Dover DE, yesterday

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