Face Off! The Gonzo Gas Prices

This is an opportunity, for Mr. Obama needs an Act II. Act II is hard. Act II is where the promise of Act I is deepened, the plot thickens, and all is teed up for resolution and meaning. Mr. Obama's Act I was: I'm Obama. He enters the scene. Act III will be the convention and acceptance speech. After that a whole new drama begins. But for now he needs Act II. He should make his subject America. By the way, the National Press Club speech by Rev Jeremy Wright was arranged by a Hillary Clinton supporter. Does this surprise you?

ALBUQUERQUE - Sen. Jeff Bingaman endorsed Barack Obama for president Monday, joining Gov. Bill Richardson to put another of New Mexico's Democratic superdelegates in camp with the Illinois senator.

"I am announcing my support for Barack Obama for president and declaring my intention to vote for him at the Democratic convention," Bingaman said in a statement issued by Obama's campaign.

Bingaman, D-N.M., said he believes Obama is a better choice than New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton on issues such as the Iraq war, health care and improving energy independence.

Bingaman, re-elected to a fifth senate term in 2006, said the United States needs a leader who can rise above partisanship and find common ground. He said it is imperative to "move the country in a dramatically new direction."

"I strongly believe Barack Obama is best positioned to lead the nation in that new direction," he said.

OBAMA IS THE MOST DANGERIOUS PERSON TO EVER RUN FOR THE PRESIDENCY OF THE UNITED STATES. I AM NOT A FAN OF HILLARY CLINTON, BUT IF WE HAVE TO BE SADDLED WITH ONE OF THE TWO OUR COUNTRY WOULD BE IN BETTER HANDS THAN OBAMA'S. HIS VIEW OF THE WORLD AND OF OUR COUNTRY IS BABY LIKE. HE IS NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO PROTECT US. ELECT HIM AND OUR WOMAN WILL BE WEARING COVERS FROM HEAD TO FOOT BECAUSE WE WILL LOOSE OU STRUGGLE AGAINST TERRORISTS.

How about limiting use of gasoline? This screams volumes about how instant gratification addicted our society has become.

I think that this has gone to far with the prices. I am a single mom. i have to work two jobs just to be able to make it. i make decent money at my day job. I work 10 minutes from my home and I cant afford to do any extra's what so ever. if i was making the money i am now two years ago i would be living large. now i can barely afford to keep food in my house.

one of the few times i watch c-span, was when congress had the ceo of oil companies in session and one of the ceo as far as i was concerned threatened congress with an all out oil shortage and price fixing like we have today....congress should vote to open our oil reserves for the usa only...all oil drilled in the usa should go to the usa only..nationalize it if necessary..cap oil companies profits unless they build new up to date refineries..that was on of the main topics of those ceo's had in mind when they faced congress...they needed these profits to build new refineries..but hedge with bush's corn oil gas...saying it would not be conducive to build them now with corn to gas program...just a bunch of hogwash to put profits into their pockets and bush is letting them along with the oil senators and reps. vote them out and crack down on the oil companies with taxes not incentives

I THINK OUR GOV. IS A BIG JOKE ! THEY ARE THIEVES ! ! !

look I'm tired of the Political BS... we need to drill in our own country and create alternative energy at the same time.. What alot of conservationist don't realize is our technology has come along way and that we can do both and save alot of money and LIVES!!!!!!!!! Think about it....

So what are they going to do with all of fuel which will end up in surplus from everybody cutting back. Dump it in the desert, like back in the 70's???

All the governors from each state should get together and create legislation that says you you know what big oil, you can't sell gas in our states for more then $1.75 a gallon. If they can regulate liquor and place price ceilings on alcohol, there's no reason in the world they can't do it for gas. Also, they can put together tax breaks, if you drive more then 10 miles to and from work each day, we should be able to right it off on our taxes each year. Every politican in Washington does it..Then there's public transportation, for the love of god why are we not upgrading our public transportation, I'd gladly give up driving to work if I could find public transportation to my job. There are many good ideas to over come this gas problem. You want to know why they won't, because every politician in this country is invested in oil stocks or involved in getting hand outs from big oil while you and I sink further into debt while the politicians continue to steal from our pockets. It's time for a revolution folks, a revolution to take back our government and make it work for us, our for fathers did it, so what are we waiting for, lets through these bumbs in washington out and get back our country!!

Who cares? The bottom line is that you need gas to go to work, to put food on the table. Not everyone lives in the city where they can walk to work, heck I don't even have a busline that runs out here in the country. Not everyone makes $300,000.00 a year Misters! As the price of gas goes up, everything goes up and the bottom line is that my salary is not increasing!!! If my salary was increasing at the same rate, then I guess I wouldn't have a problem with the high gas prices either! It's not being selfish, it's being realistic! So come down to middle class level and then you can see the impact Mr. Mcneilly!

Everybody likes Obama because he is for change. What change? Unless I know exactly what he is going to chang; how he is going to change it; & what it will cost me, I am not for change.

you people fell right into the political game the media has been playing all along. I noticed that as soon as one of these guys mentioned those two candidates everyone decided to vote for him. Greg made more sense of the whole situation without blaming anyone. We as US citizens are just as much to blame. We allow foreign countries to control us with the things we buy. Stop being so vain and give up your luxuries like safari vehicles for safari's that you will never go on. Get a bus pass and save the planet for you future families.

A few facts that might help people understand things a little better. Exxon Mobil makes 10 cents a dollar profit on gasoline sales in the US. So the are making 30 cents per gallon. The federal Government takes 19 cents per gallon. In the State of NJ the tax is 34 cents per gal. Pennsyltucky 49 per gal and New York it's over 60 cents. Who is making the money? When you hear that the oil companies are making "Record Profits" that is their Global Profit on all products and not just US gasoline sales profit. Every piece of plastic and a zillion other products are derived from each barrel of oil. OPEC controls the price of the imported crude, not the oil companies. The US government and tree huggers have not allowed a new refinery to be built in the US in over 30 years. The only increase in capacity allowed has been through technology. We have crude waiting to be refined in this country, just not the refineries to do it. We are not allowed to drill off either US coast or the Gulf of Mexico yet the Chinese and Russians have oil rigs 40 miles off of the Keys in Florida taking the oil that should is ours via horizontal drilling. Crude oil is a world wide commodity and other countries are willing to pay more than we are here in the US. If allowed, China and Egypt would gladly gobble up the US crude allotment and willingly pay more for it. One last point. Exxon Mobil paid the US government more in federal taxes than the profit they made on US Gasoline sales. And NO, I do not work for any oil company or petrol chemical company. I just took a few hours to do some research.

Griffin, GA

Bush is a big joke.. Frist he gives the rich and oil companies a tax break during time of war.... and borrows more money from countries that do not share our views... then have the gall to stand up and tell the American people that we are in an economic slow down.. ummm.. slow down? we are in a Depression if nothing at all...Lies Lies Lies... I say impeach him and be done with it....

With gobals news we allow specualtors to raise and drop our dollar,stocks, and markets.,. WHY gas and oil sold today will take 4 years to get to the pumps why high prices now to recover the cost they raise in 4years than means they rape you for 4 years of profits to make up the increase they already made up for.... WOW greed..A hillary supporter in on making the plans called the Rev and set this up to keep Obama down and insight the Racists and Religious... Fact was on MSN,CNN and fox... Billary set this up to flame you.. She wont drop because she feels she can insight riots and hate to win.... Great Job.. Is it not racist to only praise the Black in Him like Tiger woods to disinvow either is wrong but to call him only a black man is wrong too and Hilary is doing this WHY not to Help Americans but Win a contest she was asked to leave

A hillary supporter in on making the plans called the Rev and set this up to keep Obama down and insight the Racists and Religious... Fact was on MSN,CNN and fox... Billary set this up to flame you.. She wont drop because she feels she can insight riots and hate to win.... Great Job.. Is it not racist to only praise the Black in Him like Tiger woods to disinvow either is wrong but to call him only a black man is wrong too and Hilary is doing this WHY not to Help Americans but Win a contest she was asked to leave

We need gas like we need food. In the Washington, D.C. area even though gas is $3.65 a gallon there are no fewer cars on the road. People have to get to work, go to doctors, shop, etc. We could get enough gas in the US without brown nosing the Arabs if the tree hangers did not get ahold of the society. Saving the planet is great but at the expense of making senior citizens and poor college kids have to hitchhike at the expense of it. Give me a break.

With gobals news we allow specualtors to raise and drop our dollar,stocks, and markets.,. WHY gas and oil sold today will take 4 years to get to the pumps why high prices now to recover the cost they raise in 4years than means they rape you for 4 years of profits to make up the increase they already made up for.... WOW greed..A hillary supporter in on making the plans called the Rev and set this up to keep Obama down and insight the Racists and Religious... Fact was on MSN,CNN and fox... Billary set this up to flame you.. She wont drop because she feels she can insight riots and hate to win.... Great Job.. Is it not racist to only praise the Black in Him like Tiger woods to disinvow either is wrong but to call him only a black man is wrong too and Hilary is doing this WHY not to Help Americans but Win a contest she was asked to leave
Billary is evil

i think its a damn shame the way the government is letting this oil situation get so far out of hand, but then Pres Bush isnt going to say anything as he has his hands in the oil business