Originally Posted By: friendly_jacek
Isn't Ohio an undecided state?
Seriously, local gas prices went down lately, 20 cents or so in this very red state. Reasons: dollar spiked higher, oil spiked lowed. Oil production is high and we have 5 year record high oil storage. The gasoline should keep falling down all the way to the end of year (seasonality). When global recession hits USA in 2013, $2.50 gas is not out of question IMHO.
Ohio looks to be favoring the incumbent, but it's very close.
Ohio has traditionally been a moderate Republican state, and has gone either way in national elections.
In the history of our republic, only eight presidents have been elected without carrying Ohio, but Ohio doesn't have as many seats in the house and thus electoral votes as it once did.
Still, does anyone really think that the incumbent could influence the producers and sellers of fuel to reduce prices in a battleground state when the effects are at best ambiguous?
I'll have to find my early spring post on future gas prices.
I'd love to crow about having been right.
