While I didn't vote for Bush, I have a hard time believing that domestic oil suppliers are benefitting from current gas prices. Since we import approximately 90% of all the oil consumed in the US from foreign nationalized companies, I don't think Bush would have enough leverage to have any impact on prices for domestic producers.

Although, I do think it would be fair to say that the higher prices will put the domestic producers on a more even playing field with the foreign sources. It will be interesting to see what happens to prices leading up to the next election year however.


W.E.S.B

It's time to attack the messenger once again.

Greg Palast is a joke, nuff said.

This is nutts, Clinton had plans for attacking Iraq so what. I'm sure you can find some document somewhere in the Pentagon showing the best way to attack Tahiti.

Furthermore, if you don't understand why the price of gas is up so much perhaps you need to read up on supply and demand. Another factor is that we can only produce so much gasoline from oil. And since the all knowing liberal lobbyist have shut down all new construction of refineries in the US there really is no way to increase production. Fact is, there is plenty of oil to be had, we just can't process it fast enough to keep up with demand.

But I know this will not go well here at ATS so here's a theory. The muslim arabs are artificially running up the price of crude as an indirect attack against the US. That's why we need to drill up in the ANWR.