Posted on 04/07/2011 7:24:59 AM PDT by freespirited
For much of President Obama's term, White House aides were convinced the main barrier to his reelection was the worrisome unemployment rate. But even as the economy bounces back, a new political obstacle has emerged: rising gas prices.
Trying to defuse the issue, the White House has arranged a slew of speeches and public events to reassure Americans that Obama has a plan for cutting gas prices.
On Wednesday, Obama flew to Pennsylvania — for a town-hall-style meeting devoted to energy. He travels Friday to Indiana, another important state on the election calendar, where he will appear at an event in Indianapolis also focused on high oil prices.
"It's on the minds of a lot of people right now because you're paying more at the pump. Anybody notice that?" Obama told workers at a wind turbine plant outside Philadelphia. "For a lot of people, money was already tight before gas prices started climbing."
Obama's attention to the issue comes amid new polling that has implications for the presidential race. With the economic recovery gaining momentum, fewer people say they are jittery about losing their job. But a growing percentage cites rising gas prices as a chief concern.
The Pew Research Center is coming out with a report this week showing a majority of Americans say gas prices have a "substantial impact" on their household financial condition.
"The bottom line is, unless gas prices go down, it puts the president in mortal peril," said Douglas Schoen, a former consultant to President Clinton. "Every American faces higher gas prices every day, so in a certain sense, it has the likelihood of being a more serious problem than the unemployment rate, because 9% are unemployed but 100% of the American people have to deal with the impact of rising fuel prices."
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And remember...
nobama hates you, hates your family, hates Free America, hates Americans, hates the Constitution and hates the Bill of Rights. nobama is a hate crime foisted upon the USA. nobama is the Destroyer.
Then the WH should get off its duff and pressure OPEC to get real. Apparently there is oil all over the ocean in ships with no place to go because of OPEC keeping the prices artificially high.
They should probably think about a trade-in.
Gas (fuel/energy) prices could ‘tank’ all of us...
Considering that he campaigned on his intention to cause electricity rates to skyrocket, I suspect his plan is quite disingenuous.
I seem to recall a weekly(sometime daily) gas price index on some newspapers during W’s administration. And we all know they had the morbid death count during his as well. But I can’t seem to find any such tallies anywhere during Obama’s reign.
Can someone help me out here? *sarcasm*
Energy Secretary Chu(sp?) claims we need $7.00 per gallon gasoline as policy, and Obama's other monkeys want $2.00 gasoline to get him re-elected.
Why am I more confused than Muhammar Khadaffi's travel agency?
He wants gas prices to rise.
What exactly does the WH fear?
They should probably think about a trade-in.
Now you know why he uses a teleprompter, unless someone traded it in for a new one which hasn’t arrived yet?
Obama has tanked Obama!
Obysmal is going to tank Obysmal you White House idiots!
Oh, there’s a longer list than just the gas prices, and THE DONALD will find it all!!!
Tee-hee - he doesn’t realize that he is the trade in - in 2012.
The Republicans should POUND him on this daily - point out where prices were when Bush was president - play the clips of obama saying he WANTSgas prices hig.
They really should just pound him on this and point out how the price would come down if he opens up drilling.
Those dirty, lying, filthy, two-timing, commie bastards are tanking themselves... hopefully before they pull the rest of us down with them. GOD BLESS AMERICA!
High energy cost....we'll have BadCrock 0'vomit to tank for it.
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I sure hope so. He made such a big effin deal out of it in 2008.
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