If nothing else Obama knows it won't mean much at the pump. The key is to reduce demand. Take the $65MM we are spending on the strategic oil reserve daily and build 6500 cars a day that don't run on gasoline or diesel. Electric, fuelcell or compressed air. This would put people to work in manufacturing jobs that have shut down across the country. Give away or trade these cars for primary vehicles for tax payers making less than $75k a year. that is an impact that can be felt by consumers, and will reduce the consumption of oil to reduce the price, stimulate the economy and strengthen the dollar. Not to mention helping out the environment. 2MM cars a year for 5 years, mandate zero emissions for all non-commercial vehicles and then turn it over to private industry.

"The easiest thing in the world for a politician to do is to tell you what they think you want to hear."

He would know, he's the absolute master of this!!!

Observation 3: At this point, the more speeches BO gives on the same topics, the more troubles he is in and the more voters he loses.

It is true that Senator Obama supported a temporary suspension of the state tax on gasoline. The tax was later reinstated after it was shown that the consumer actually received only 3/5s of the savings from suspension of the tax.

What you fail to mention is that Senator Clinton did not support a suspension of the state gas tax in NY a couple of years ago, now she does.

Some say Senator Obama has no experience. My vote is for him.

That's a whopping $30 per vehicle for 14 months of driving.

Based on Hillary's comments in 2000. The fines on the oil companies will result in them reducing drilling, which will cost us $1000/year for every vehicle.

I think if the tax holliday saves the people even a NICKEL its worth it.

The alternative is to merely NOT have it?

give Mc Cain and Clinton credit for doing SOMETHING to help the suffering , even if its not much for the average guy.

It means a LOT to truckers , taxis' and other transport people .

Obama does NOTHING -and MOCKS even this small good gesture? It would mean a lot more if he had a BETTER alternative to immediately help these people.

He doesnt. Just rhetoric.

I find it hilarious that the mind numbing obama people MOCK Clinton and Mc Cain for doing somehting. Even if its half baked for the average joe.

But Obama does NOTHING.

Then again, this is the story of Obamas whole campaign.

Point the finger at the other guys record , while he has NO RECORD AT ALL.

We aint buying it anymore. The RHETORIC honeymoon for Obama is over.

how is going to help truckers and other transport businesses when the roads are closed or impassable? You would save more over the same period of time by combining trips, checking your tire pressure, carpooling once a week and not speeding.

Man, BO supporters are rich, educated. Of course, 18c mean nothing to them. What do Louis and the BO fans know about working class, bitter bunch, caring for 18c less per gallon? In his, and their minds they cling to guns.

You don't get to keep that 18c. You will still pay the taxes but just not on gas. Maybe income. Maybe on cutting highway jobs. But you will still pay.

Seriously, you really think the 18 cents is going to actually get to the pump? the tax credits the oil companies already get don't get to the pump. A gas tax holiday is a boondoggle, Hillary knows it and she's said as much before. This is about buying votes, plan and simple. 18 cents per vote.

Tax the hell out of the rich BO supporters, and the oil companies that BO gave breaks when he supported the Cheney bill. That's how you will pay the gas taxes saved.

No wonder BO does not support reducing gas taxes.

It's all about PR. McCain and Clinton win, Obama (aka Soetoro) loses.

Boneheaded, Chicago

And, in your little world of wisdom, you don't think the oil companies wouldn't pass additional taxes to the consumer. Maybe you like that idea -- it would certainly keep the poor folk off the road.

18 cents means nothing to me. I drive to work down choked freeways. That wastes more money. Today we build nothing but toll roads, with public money, that allow people who can afford the tolls on top of the price of gas to get to work. The rest of us have to spend a couple of hours a day going back and forth.

Reducing fuel surcharges on trucking might be a better idea. As these companies user more and more private freighters they are pocketing these fuel charges, not giving it to the freighter, increasing their own profit at, you guessed it the public expense.

Basically with any reduction in the Gas tax you will see a reduction in price for a week or two, but it will soon be back to where it was or higher. They will claim of course that it decreased the rate of increase.

Obama is correct, this is political pandering.

Obama is right the consumer will never see any of the cuts,the oil companies will have to make up the loss some way which always comes back to the consumer
Hillary and McCain will rob peter to pay paul,for only a short term solution.

Obama is absolutely right on this. This gas tax holiday would take revenue from the Highway Trust fund which finances road and bridge repairs. So this holiday could delay badly needed repairs costing thousands of construction jobs. Hillary will say anything to get elected. It's sounds good in theory but it would be a disaster for this country

question of supply & demand

Don't blame the oil companies. They are the ones supplying what we want and without them we would have less and it would be even more expensive.

Companies go overseas and we blame them, companies stay here and become successful, we still blame them. If you want to live in a socialist country, leave. Earning profits is not a crime.

Hillary and John want to sweep the gas dirt under the rug...but, for how long? And they talk as if gas were the only commodity on the rise...what do they propose to do about groceries? What do they aim to do after their period of grace is over? How do they aim to reintroduce the taxes? Do they realize that if prices meant to go back down on their own, due to demand and supply, all they would have accomplished with their superficial measure of tax relief would be crucial interruption of road construction funds and jobs.
These guys need to wise up. As for McCain, it is no wonder his wife wouldn't trust him with her money in the first place. As for Clinton, we know she would do anything to impress the voters.