At a town hall meeting in Greenville, S.C., today, Michele Bachmann said if she became president gas prices would fall dramatically.
“Under President Bachmann you will see gasoline come down below $2 per gallon again. That will happen,” Bachmann said, according to The Hill.
Gas is currently averaging $3.58 a gallon, according to AAA.
a very bold prediction, the type that most people wouldnt make because of the likelihood of it coming back to haunt you. but in this case getting gas lower is such an easy thing to do its a no-brainer to make this prediction. our current president could make it happen if he wastn such a hard core leftist.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseCool!!!
How?
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseCome on, don't leave us hanging like that! What is the no brainer solution?
Reply to this commentLinkReport Abusereally you need a road map ?
Ok, throttle the EPA and Interior and open up the Gulf again for business ... Open up ANWAR ... and offshore and on Govt. lands ...
In 2 years gas prices would plummet ...
are you really that dense ?
The one thing the President can do is effect oil prices without Congressional assistance ...
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseWell duh? Petroleum is totally fungible. Any world-wide bid for American petroleum over the 2 buck gasoline equivalent gets sent out the door.
And even if U.S. production were increased by 25%, it would only increase global production by less than 3%.
It's mindless people like DorsaiGuy who would get Bachmann elected. Which would be a shame...
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseWhat's the downturn in economic outlook that caused gas oil and prices to drop 30+% in the last few months? A 3% shift in oil supply would have a HUGE impact on prices. As would a 10% or 15% or 20% increase in the value of the dollar...
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseI think the denseness is looking you in the mirror. Even if the government did all those things you suggest (many of which would would prove wildly unpopular), prices would not drop to below two dollars.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseSure he could. With the assistance of the House and Senate he could impose price controls on gasoline. And then gas could only be sold at $2 a gallon, or less.
And there wouldn't be any.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseOr she could halt the money presses and take various actions to drive us into severe deflation, so that $2 becomes a decent hourly wage. People will then complain about 50 cents for bread and $2 gas as being too high.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseThe economy will turn around in one quarter, gas will be $2 a gallon, and we won't ever need to raise the debt ceiling again.
I want to like Michele Bachmann, but these unrealistic predictions make her look bad.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseYou took the words right out of my mouth - er, typing hand. Add in her "submissiveness to hubbo" bru-ha-ha, and you get me and a whole lot of others waiting for Paul Ryan to toss his name into the arena.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseWhat is she going to do, convince China to stop using oil? What a stupid promise.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseAnd they called Newt the bomb-thrower! This will consume and distract the chattering class for at least five days. Brilliant.
Reply to this commentLinkReport Abuse"“Under President Bachmann you will see gasoline come down below $2 per gallon again."
...and a chicken in every pot...
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseThis is a more realistic campaign pledge than Obama's promise that the rise of the oceans would begin to slow and our planet begin to heal...
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseHardly a bold prediction - it's uncheckable unless she's elected, and defendable by excuse if she is and it doesn't happen.
How cynical of most of us to not consider whether she could actually do it.
I suspect it's a 'safe' way to garner media attention during the Perry media tsunami.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseThis loony-toon spouts such nonsense on a regular basis but is treated like a serious candidate. Ron Paul, on the other hand, is dismissed as a fringer not worthy of consideration.
National Review at its finest. Backing loser Republican candidates is its specialty.
Looking forward to another homage to dimbulb Perry.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseI understand you are frustrated because Perry, being a federalist from Texas, means (a) Ron Paul cannot get the VP slot, and (b) all of the 'soft-libertarians' and 'non-libertarian federalists' (like me) will now abandon Paul.
But what loser candidate is NRO backing? The most popular on the corner had been Romney - and will likely shift to Perry. Those aren't "loser" candidates - either will beat Obama. Who backs Bachmann at NRO?
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseIn my opinion, Bachmann and Perry are losers. Either will get the Tea Party nitwits jumping for joy at the convention and would get rejected in November. Romney is at least electable.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseI remember in 8th grade running for student council president. My opponent promised Mountain Dew in the water fountains and an ice cream bar to replace one of the cafeteria lines.
I hadn't remembered that in a very long time... not until reading this post, at least.
...sigh...
By the way, I won on a platform of deregulation of study hall activities (if kids didn't want to study, it was their "F"), and the repeal of the progressive grade tax system (curve).
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