Poll: Who's to blame for the price of gas?

[DearAbby]

Try as they might, the GOP can't get their shit to stick. Keep crying Boehner, tell us you feel our pain while you sit on your ass and do nothing about the speculators causing oil prices to increase....


Daily Kos/SEIU State of the Nation Poll: Who's to blame for the price of gas?


Q: Who do you think has more responsibility for the current price of gas: Congress or President Obama?

Congress: 46
Obama: 28
Both equally: 14
Not sure: 12

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/02/28/1069090/-Daily-Kos-SEIU-State-of-the-Nation-Poll-Who-s-to-blame-for-the-price-of-gas-?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+dailykos%2Findex+%28Daily+Kos%29

[snappyturtle]

1. I think the blame lies with speculators and whoever else

enable them...ahem.....

[ProSense]

2. Even more

interesting, they appear to blame Boehner (Republicans)

Q: Do you think the Democrats or Republicans in Congress have more responsibility for the current price of gas?
Democrats: 16
Republicans: 51
Both equally: 28
Not sure: 4

[ohheckyeah]

3. None of the above.

Speculators - mostly Republicans.

[Scuba]

5. Bingo.

[sinkingfeeling]

8. +1

[joeybee12]

11. Yup, the Kroch Brothers...

Thsoe who want the disgusting pipeline to go through.

[ohheckyeah]

14. They need something they can run against

and high gas prices are about all they have at the moment. If they can lay blame for gas prices on Obama and the Democrats they will. Obama needs to get in front of this issue because it's coming.

[Historic NY]

4. lots of other good numbers in there.......

http://dailykos.com/weeklypolling/2012/2/23

[nobodyspecial]

6. Speculators

So, I guess it is the fault of Congress that has not limited this activity to protect the economy.

[Scuba]

6. Here's a couple if interesting tidbits...

Union household have only a 56% favorability rating for BHO while 39% give an unfavorable rating.

People with income over $100,000 have a 57% favorable rating,

[taught_me_patience]

9. Ourselves and China

Ourselves because Ford F150 is still the top selling car in America and China because demand is growing real fast over there.

[a simple pattern]

10. Local news had a segment on this the other day.

Iran was mentioned, summertime was mentioned. The word "speculators" never came up.

[DearAbby]

12. Obama deserves credit for strong growth in energy industry

Old article...but:


For the first time in decades, we are seeing sustained increases in U.S. oil production and decreases in oil consumption, which means imports are dropping.

U.S. domestic oil production is up an incredible 14 percent since Obama took office. A few years ago we imported nearly two-thirds of our petroleum products. Today we import less than half. The reduction in imports means tens of billions of dollars now stay in our own economy.

But it's not just oil: dry natural gas production is up 16 percent, natural gas liquids are up 26 percent, solar generation is up 14 percent and wind generation is up 59 percent. Even production of coal - supposedly the main target of Obama's policies - is flat over that same time period. There are even headlines blaring that U.S. refining capacity is at the highest point in decades, exceeding levels achieved under recent Republican administrations. All of this growth produces royalties and taxes to address our budget challenges.

Despite the numbers, many in the energy industry describe Obama as if he's intent on making us freeze in the dark. They'd have us believe Obama and his team are singlehandedly killing the American energy industry.

The facts tell a different story: This is a pro-energy president.

Entire article, dated October 28, 2011: http://www.chron.com/opinion/outlook/article/Obama-deserves-credit-for-strong-growth-in-energy-2241647.php

[hifiguy]

13. 100% with speculators and the oil companies. nt

[chknltl]

15. the corporatists are responsible

We know that the corporatists control much of our government. We know that corporatists controlled members of our government have as an agenda the removal of President Obama from office. We know those same puppets are using a failed economy (that they helped create and maintain), as a tool to convince the electorate that President Obama is a failure and unworthy of being POTUS. We know that our economy is strongly tied to gas prices. Furthermore, it was predicted over a year ago by Thom Hartmann and others that the corporatists were going to do this at some point prior to the election in order to cripple the "Obama economy". Plus, I recall that the oil corporatists threatened President Obama with retribution if he didn't quickly sign onto getting that oil pipeline from Canada to Texas going. Finally let us not forget that gasoline is currently our number 1 export.