[al_c]

[ohioWfan]

Thanks, al_c!

What's the theory behind the precipitous drop in prices in late 2008? And what was the supposed cause of the spike conveniently during the spring and summer before the election.

I don't tend towards conspiracies, but I've often wondered if gas prices were rigged to get Obama in office, just as I wonder if the financial crisis and the money market crash wasn't a Soros inspired disaster to elect the socialist messiah...

[tobyhill]

Note the massive drop under Bush is when he announced he was lifting the moratorium and the rise is exactly when Obama took office and has been going up steadily since.

It's Obama’s policies driving the prices higher.