World Oil Production is approximately 75 million barrels a day. At the average price of $40/barrel (cheaper that spot market, due to long term contracts and totally made up by me), this is 3 BILLION dollars a DAY. Any individual that can manipulate a market this size, for this long, could buy the the United States and claim himself king.
I believe if one played the futures and options markets and had a billion dollars to do it, one could easily manipulate the oil market for a short time. And, if Soros, himself, were make $10 a barrel on a portion of the 75 million daily barrels, it would be a market worth playing. But, my main point was, had the timing been post election, the media would be blaming Bush, his buddies in the oil biz and Halliburton for the wild swings. But, when the target is the liberal socialist, the media looks the other way.
That sounds exactly like Soros except he wanted to appoint Kerry as king.