>While gas prices might have been particularly low in January, 2009, what you're leaving out was that there were historical highs in the summer of 2008. IIRC, they suddenly started dropping in the weeks before the election.
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>The big difference is that Bush never said that he wanted $5 / gallon gasoline. Obama did. Obama also said that he wanted a cap and trade program where energy costs would necessarily sky rocket.
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>IMHO, this country is in bigger trouble if Obama gets a second term. As he told the Russians, if he gets a second term, he will have more flexibility. Heaven help us!

Anyone banking on cheap fuel should realise its a finite resource which is running out and in the long run the price can only go up.