Will the price of oil over the next few months end up deciding an Obama/McCain election?

Here in Northern California better than $3.50 a gallon over the past week. I would think anything above a $2.80 average in the 6 months going into the election would have a significant impact on the vote, especially if Obama is the Democratic nominee.Will the price of oil over the next few months end up deciding an Obama/McCain election?
The Bush/Cheney/Rove oil industry operates outside of the US Administration.





Obama will have to have some innovative people to help change the system and perhaps provide alternative fuels and better deals and stronger allies.Will the price of oil over the next few months end up deciding an Obama/McCain election?
I believe it will have some serious impact. Personally, I think it would be great (temporarily) because I am not sure it is that good for Mccain. Due to our shipping a lot of money for the War in Iraq and O'bama will likely bring up the fact that all the money we are shipping over there could be spent instead on helping our economy--if he is elected president. We will likely see gas prices used as a tool to help persuade disgruntled voters that Obama is a better choice. Nice observation--I hadn't thought about that too much!
I think in this upcoming election the Democrats seem to be in better shape mainly because they arent Bush! I think its safe to say that the GOP may be in the political wilderness for at least a decade. IRAQ and the recession and the Bush jr presidency will be one huge black eye that will take years to heal!
If George would have done the job, we wouldn't be in this mess. He called it right to begin with, then backed down from the democratic congress. We had the troops there, he should have just mowed the whole damn regine.
Looks like.
the price of gas alone is not going to determine who becomes president.








the dems are screwing this up royally. a year ago, they could have nominated a bottle of mustard and won handily...but hillary's and osama's pointless bickering has put off voters and now its almost to the point where people could care less who actually wins as long as the election is no longer in the news.
Base on what people said, It probably will.
Price of everything effects every election. What is your point?
im not sure, but probably.
well since bush wont be pres agian i doubt gas will go down before the election
I saw on the finance channel CNBC that the price of crude oil will increase to $200. during this year. It has increased almost a dollar a day. So it is on track to be at $200. by mid July.
I do not have a car, so I have no idea about the oil price.
Why? Is Obama planning to force OPEC to lower their oil prices, or restrict other countries from using oil/gasoline (reducing demand/increasing supply) so the price of gasoline will come down in America?





Get real.
No, what happens to the economy and how Iraq goes will.
no the price of gas has nothing to do with this guys. it has everything to do with supply and demand. investors are inflating the price when they raise their future bid to buy oil on the open market.
Considering that gasoline has risen to just over a dollar to $3 while our little Zero in Chief has been in the White House, you'd think people would be out protesting now - but no. Bush has been amazingly successful in screwing us all without a peep being heard.





I don't know if you could raise gas prices enough to bother anybody into not voting republican.
no
It better be....does not matter who is elected.....all it matters how


the elected person deals with OPEC. They control the prices


and all US can do is to have control over OPEC which is almost


impossible.....





I am planning to use 2 wheeler (scooter which gives something


75-100mpg).....high time every one realizes this and applies


where we need to spend....bad times ahead.
no, because the price of oil is not determined by the president or what he does. it is about supply and demand.