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Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Presidential politics About the drop in gas prices

Posted by Max Brantley on Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 6:37 AM

Republicans were predicting $5 or $6 gas this summer and had the commercials in the can to blame President Obama. Gas prices dropped. Obama will get no credit, of course.

Columnist Tim Egan explores gas prices today, with inconvenient facts for Republicans who want to find an Obama explanation for every societal ill and carry the torch for the Kochs and energy producers, already awash in profits.

Republicans talk Keystone pipeline (an environmentally problematic Canadian scheme to get oil to U.S. refineries for shipment to foreign markets — and have no impact on global fuel prices) while facts show dependence on imported oil in the U.S. has dropped from 60 percent to 45 percent of total consumption since 2005. Last year, the U.S. became a net exporter of petroleum products. Writes Egan:

It won’t fuel a talk radio rant on a long drive — better to listen to Springsteen sing about a “pink Cadillac” — but gas prices are pegged to a basic tenet of this summer’s economic conditions. Supply is up, demand is down, and prices have fallen. Even Donald Trump understands that, at some level.

Noted: This web tracker found $2.95 gas in Dumas in the last 36 hours. And in LR.

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Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Presidential politics About the drop in gas prices

Posted by Max Brantley on Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 6:37 AM

Speaking of Gas Prices, President Obama

Ernie Dumas this week compares the fulminations about Benghazi, which Republicans are attempting to make an impeachment-worthy scandal of minute differences in post-attack talking points, with the cooked-up Whitewater investigations. /more/

Since it's customary to blame President Obama for any and everything unpleasant — see U.S. Rep. Tom Cotton (Club for Growth, D.C.) and the Boston bombings — should he also get some credit for positives? /more/

U.S. Rep. Tom Cotton of the Club for Growth was right proud the other day of his rush to make political hay of the Boston bombing by lumping it with some other incidents that he said represented failure of counter-terrorism efforts of the Obama administration. /more/

CNN reports: A letter to President Obama that was intercepted at an off-site facility has tested positive for ricin, the FBI says. /more/

Another desultory morning from the jet-lagged Arkansas Blog: Nonetheless: * MARCH MADNESS: The Arkansas House and Senate played a basketball game for charity last night. /more/

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In response to question: Trails on Pinnacle Mountain were closed yesterday evening while State Police investigated following discovery of the body of a 45-year-old man near the crest of the east summit trail.

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