Thursday, February 16, 2012

will high gas prices this summer be obama's undoing?

the talk around the virtual water cooler these days is that the average price of gas will be north of five bucks a gallon this summer.  if that means that the overall average united states price per gallon of regular will be > $5, then what will it be in new york citysan franciscochicagolos angeles?  and then what will a gallon of premium be?  regardless of whether high gas prices are better for the environment or promote the sales of smaller, more efficient and less polluting cars, these super-high prices are going to be a major pain in the ass for many, many americans every week when they buy gas.  what is that going to do obama's popularity?  it's not his fault; he's not the king of gas prices, but still, how do you overcome that?

certainly the obama administration will be putting whatever political pressure they can to encourage lower prices at the pump, but that sort of broad-based constant discontent over an unavoidable and ongoing expense can be a fucking nightmare in a volatile election year, especially if you have a contingent of bugfuck crazy racist teabagger assholes chewing on your ass anyway.  i think that $5 number is going to be a real problem for the obama campaign if it comes true; that sort of psychological hurdle represented by $5/gallon gas will start to do very weird things to people out there in the hinterland.  obama and his people had better be working on a gas price miracle for the summer and fall of 2012.

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