Coincidence? Election over, gas prices up again

[CatWoman]

If you were a little suspicious of the way in which gasoline prices just happened to dive just before this month's midterm elections, this bit of news won't exactly put your mind at ease: After dropping 84 cents between Aug. 11 and Nov. 3, gas prices are up five cents in the first Lundberg Survey released after the Nov. 7 election.

Trilby Lundberg tells CNN that the reversal in the 12-week pre-election slide shows that the market has "soaked up" a "mini-glut" of crude oil from August, causing a "normalization" of supply and demand.

http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/

[Deja Q]

1. And with oil at something like $55/barrel, prices are badly inflated.

[William769]

2. Our gas prices only went up 2 cents.

Right now I can live with that.

[CatWoman]

3. here it has gone up at least 10 cents

and I can't live with that.

we are back up to 2.05, and climbing.

[William769]

8. Feel lucky!

Ours never got that low! It bottomed at $2.23 a gallon.

[CatWoman]

9. I hope I didn't imply that the lowest we got was 2.05

I said "back to 2.05".

It bottomed out here at over 2.60/2.85.

[William769]

10. Sorry now I am confused.

The lowest ours got to was $2.23.

I thought you meant you were back up to $2.05 which I took to mean it was even lower. Am I mistaken? :crazy:

On edit: the highest it got here was $3.33.

[CatWoman]

12. I'm sorry; I'm tripping

trying to do four things at once.

The highest we got was in that 2.65 - 85 range; the lowest we had was 1.85 or so.

[William769]

13. Thanks for clearing that up.

I thought I was tripping, and I haven't taken anything!

[H2O Man]

4. But what does this

have to do with Tom Cruise getting married? OJ's book? Or any of the really important issues that impact our daily lives?

[CatWoman]

5. or better yet

Kramer calling someone a nigger?

Who does he think he is? P Diddie? Tupac? Chris Rock?

[theoldman]

6. I am so surprised. I believed the Republicans were going

to lower the price some more. How can I ever trust them again.

[pdxmom]

7. I just heard on CNN over the weekend that gas prices are dropping.

That could be, but it certainly isn't so here. Ours have gone up 20 cents. I'm assuming this is our punishment for being a deep blue state.

[Parche]

14. my fellow oregonian

Thank G*D I take MAX (Trimet) and dont have to pay those high gas prices!!!!

[pdxmom]

16. I, too, ride MAX. And my hubby has a full electric car that he drives.

I only have to fill up once or twice a month, but I keep an eye on those prices. I can't understand the number of single drivers I see out on 26. Are they nutz?

[RB TexLa]

11. People can sell gasoline for whatever price they want to sell it, provided

people will buy it at the price.

[dogday]

15. Yeppers and we can blame that on the Democrats

as well as everything else....:sarcasm: