Re-Election for President Obama Should Not Hinge on Gas Prices

Then what do we judge him on? Well how about 9% unemployment.

It should hinge on his incompetence and arrogance. Either one would work.

Iran faces a delicate issue. On the one hand it wants to show the world all it’s got and put it at ease, while on the other hand it fears that such show 'n tell will give its enemies a roadmap to bomb it.
Saddam Hussein faced a similar dilemma ten years ago. Though he wanted the world to know he had nothing to hide, he also wanted to bluff his archenemy Iran into believing Iraq still had WMD.
Bluffing did not go well for Saddam, and it might not go well for Ahmadinejad.
But since the price tag for ridding Saddam proved high, maybe we ought to reflect what we are asking of Iran now. On the eve of a threatened attack, we are asking it to take us to the depths of its arsenal and show us all it's got.
Such great expectations are a sign we have been talking to our friends too long and are in need of a broader perspective. Exactly when was the last time we asked Pakistan, India, China or Russia to show us their arsenal?
“But those countries are not advocating the destruction of Israel.”
True, but Israel is not a thorn on their side either.
Surely, however, we can see beyond the hyperboles and figure out their underlying purpose. Or have we forgotten that not all Iranians are thrilled with Ahmadinejad?
He sure hasn’t forgotten.
Nor has he forgotten that that his countrymen hate Israel even more. So he tells them that Israel will be wiped from the face of the earth. Expectantly, this nonsense unites them against a common enemy. It is even a diversion from the misery and isolation brought on by his theocratic regime.
Quite clever work by Ahmadinejad -- and not a rial spent or a bullet fired.
So why are we letting the crazy talk about destroying Israel get us all worked-up -- to the point of turning the world topsy-turvy again.
Can we not see the desperate attempts of an unpopular regime simply trying to hold on?

The writer is right.....we shouldn't look at gas prices as a reason whether to endorse or not endorse Obama.

Obama is a Marxist. See, there is a good reason not to endorse Obama.

That's funny...an OBAMA supporter asking that America just goes down quietly like a sheep to slaughter...poor little pwesidant; it's not his fault! Don't worry Dude, Gas prices are the least of the reasons that this Marxist, anti American bum will be voted out of office!

Obama does not deserve a 2nd term and come to think of it, he never deserved a 1st term.

Candidate Obama said President Bush was responsable for high gas prices in 2008. At some point President Obama needs to take responsablity.

Obama will lose the November 2012 election due to illness and fatigue….we are sick and tired of him.

Gallagher has no clue about economics and the principle of supply and demand. He talks in incoherent circles about politics and no one president being able to bring gas prices down. His conclusion is circular: bringing gas prices below one dollar is impossible for a president. Where in the world did this so-called journalist learn to write? In the sand or an asylum? His article is the most incoherent one on gas prices I have ever heard: you can't bring gas prices down because you can't bring gas prices down. Duh.

Now if he had taken at least one course in economics, perhaps he would have made a modicum of sense. There is no mention about supply or demand. When you cut the supply while demand ramps up, of course you will have high gas prices. add in the manipulation of interest rates for devaluing the dollar, and all prices go up at once. This is inflation. This is true when the government passes policy that redirects funding from oil to failed technology like wind and solar. These technologies are not ready for mass energy supplies, and they certainly don't supply synthetics for clothes and plastics. Compound the Fed Reserve's credit policies, and you have higher prices.

But that doesn't stop Obama from being like Carter. Remember the artificial shortages Carter created that made long lines at gas stations on odd and even days until supplies at these stations ran dry while we had the highest oil reserves ever. This is the same type of idiocy Obama is playing by placing a moritorium on drilling offshore and preventing the oil line from Canada to Texas. He's creating an environment of the imbalance of supply and demand. The anticipation of shortages sends prices through the roof.

Given this to be true, the reverse would also be true. Ample supplies toward equilibrium provides for price stability. Productivity also reduces prices. Does this Gallagher understand or even talk about this? NO!! He has no inkling of economic concepts to be able to grasp the obvious. But this is typical liberal gibberish from a ignorant journalist.

It should not but it most likely will because everyday people need to be able to drive their cars!

It's like Rush said, the media can spin, spin, spin almost everything you read about the economy, but the one thing they CAN'T spin is that price all the American people see, when they face that gas pump, every week!

His publicly stated policy was to make it the price it is now, whether it's actually the fault, THIS TIME, of his constant oil obstructionist policies or not, there's just NO running away from that!

Oh yes it should. The Democrat (Bolshevik Communist) energy policy? Ride a bike or walk.

He blamed Bush for high gas prices in 2008. You live by criticizing, you die by criticizing.

Yes, it should. It's part of his economic recovery plan. Obama boasts, and brags, how things are getting better, when other departments, and stats surface, contradicting his claims. Things, are getting worse, not better as he claims.

It doesn't help him, pertaining to the Taxpayer money he gave to green energy companies, that went bankrupt. Before Solyndra went down, the CEO gave him self a good bonus, and gave Obama campaign contributions. Recently, Whitehouse Staff ignored subpoenas for congressional investigation into Sylndra.

You and Obama have brass balls not to blame him.

Says the SAME "Media" and "Article Authors" who demanded IMPEACHMENT for GW Bush the last time gas prices were a big issue.

It's not just gas prices, how about Obama's lack of a budget? Haven't had on for years. He'll have run the debt up tho $16 Trillion by November, and his portion of that will equal the combined debt of every single one of his predecessors. He's also presided over the highest unemployment in 80 years, and will still have that distinction in November. And yes, he will have caused gas to reach the highest level ever. Anyone that thinks he's done a good job is just plain nuts.

He is President,then he is responsible. He has done nothing to help bring down rising oil prices.VOTE HIM OUT.

Obama will lose in a landslide because of his record of failures. Highest long term unemployment, highest gas prices, most people on food stamps, higher health care cost, failure to enforce our laws, no plan for cutting our debt. More vacations than working days.

No to worry, the price of gas is not the only thing that will get Obummer out of the White House.

Its not only the gas its the orther 100 things he screwed up