McCain's philosophy for this election; promise, borrow and spend. If anyone ask any questions, lie till there is no tomorrow.

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It's very clear you did not read Obama's energy policy and are only spewing rhetoric. Just words, no substance. Obama proposes increasing fuel vehicle efficiency, utilizing E85 Ethanol blended fuel and $150 billion over 10 years to develop alternative and renewable energy among other ideas. What does McCain offer?

Triple the gas tax and invest the proceeds in alternative energy. Oil won't last forever, so keeping it cheap ain't doing anybody any favors. It is more of the same shortsighted spend your children's oil cause you've already spent their money with record deficits.

You, I am a Republican ready to voter for John Mccain, But, I dont think he knows what he is talking about, and when he tries to come up with remedies, they are so OLD SCHOOL. I am going to vote for Obama with all his baggage. Better than these two OLD WASHINGTON players, Hillary and John, who don't want to change anything, and will give you what you want to hear. The American People both Dems and Repubs are smarter than that.

I can understand this suggestion from McCain. He admits that he does not understand economics. But coming from Clinton, this is political pandering, pure and simple. You cannot repeal the laws of supply and demand any more than you can repeal the laws of physics. In the absence of an unlikely boost in supply, the only solution is to decrease demand, and there is no "quick fix" for that. It would be more productive to increase gas taxes, take our medicine once and for all, and find some rational use for the increased revenue. At least that way the inevitable increases in gas prices would result in money staying in the US rather than going to foreign oil producers.

Funny how Obama likes to use words like "GALL" and "AUDACITY".

Lower the Gas tax and the oil companies will find away to raise the price. So in the end we pay the same anyway until the tax relief expires. Then what? It is still a windfall for the oil companies.

YOU GUYS ARE MISSING THE POINT, AND THE LAST LINE OF THE ARTICLE. OBAMA IS CRITICIZING MCCAIN ON HIS BID TO SUSPEND THE GAS TAX, BUT OBAMA HIMSELF VOTED TO SUSPEND THE GAS TAX IN THE ILLINOIS SENATE. JUST ANOTHER CASE OF OBAMA FLIP-FLOPPING, THEN LYING TO THE AMERICAN PUBLIC. SAD THING IS, HIS FOLLOWERS WILL BELIEVE ANYTHING THIS DANGEROUS LIAR SAYS.

If tax is halted then what happens to the workers that would normally be fixing roadways? Summer with the dry weather is the best and safest time for roadworkers to work and the roads I travel sure could use the help and we do not need any jobs lost because of shortsided views.

Also what happens to all the funds that the government has already commited to pay for projects that are already in the works? Are they halted too or will we face larger taxes come fall?

Doublestandard, Perhaps he's not endorsiing the gas tax holidy because he's learned from the experience. I lived in Illinois during that period and I can tell you, it didn't make a darn difference at the pump. Prices kept going up.

"That's typical of how Washington works. There's a problem: everybody's upset about gas prices. Let's find some short term, quick fix. That we can say we did something, even though we're not really doing anything. Because if you actually took away the gas tax, what are the oil companies going to do? They're gonna raise your gas by 5 cents. You'll never see the savings. And then we pretend to do something."

AWESOME! I love this argument - embodies what makes Obama different from McCain and how McClinton or McBush the same old dirty politics

Dumb idea, unfortunately, unless you also imposed price controls. The oil companies would very quickly increase the pump prices to eat up the reduction in price.

Dumb idea, unfortunately, unless you also imposed price controls. The oil companies would very quickly increase the pump prices to eat up the reduction in price.

Let's think about the math for a second. My gas tank is 14 gallons. I only have to fill up once a month or so, but my wife fills up twice a week so I'll use her as a more typical example. A reduction in price of ~18.4 cents results in $2.576 savings per tank of gas, so just over $5 per week. There are roughly 4 weeks in a month and 5 months in the proposed "holiday", so let's go with 21 weeks for good measure. This means an average American who fills up twice a week will save a little over a hundred dollars over five months. Wow, what a savings, people. That's a whole DVD a month!!! (Yes, I know, some people fill up more than that, but some people fill up less than that, so an average is probably pretty close.)
By contrast, there are what, 300 million Americans, and last I saw ~57% of Americans drive. So 171 million drivers at $100 means the transportation department will lose roughly $17 BILLION in revenue that could be used to help support our automotive infrastructure (bridges, anyone?). Seems to me Obama's got the math right on this one, and may even be using more conservative calculations than I am.

Yeah McCain that temporary 18 cent reduction will make all the difference to me, NOT. Last time I filled up gas cost $4.09, that's a good buck more than it shou;ld. Not a friggin 18 cents.

McCain has flip flopped so many times about so many issues that he has to have assistants to keep him straight and they are not doing a very good job of it. McCain has sold his soul to the right wing neocons to get their support but it has made him into Bush II. It is revolting to think of any of Bush's policies benefiting only the rich being continued. Our country has been drained of finances by the Iraq war and major mismanagement of the Bush administration. Bush and his cronies have war profiteered the U.S for every dime they could get. The next administration will have to be a miracle worker to undo the damage Bush and Cheney have brought about.

These are nothing more than short term reductions for political purposes, onbc all this is over it is back to the same old, same old. I find hard to believe that people realy buy into this.

Tax cuts and universal healthcare, sounds like tax cuts and war. These things shouldn't happen at the sametime.

We are very rapidly becoming a third world country. Unless America wakes up and begin to understand that we have to pay for the things we want, we will go further in debt weaking the dollar, well you know the rest.

Focus folks

whats 18 cents ,,,when there going to raise the gas price a dollor or more anyway...we need good roads..
obama is right,,,build more cars that take less gas,,,,,andy

whats 18 cents ,,,when there going to raise the gas price a dollor or more anyway...we need good roads..
obama is right,,,build more cars that take less gas,,,,,andy

People will fuel across the street at another business even if gas is only 1 cent cheaper. Obama says that the tax holiday wouldn't help much so let's not do it at all. I think if McCain is a REPUB and Clinton is a DEM and they BOTH have bipartisian agreement, that is a worthwhile cause to help fuel prices EVEN if it doesn't seem like much to Obama. Washington hasn't really HAD to worry about fuel the last 25 years. USA hasn't had a problem since the fuel crisis of the 70s. Ethanol is NOT the plan it's cracked up to be and getting a car designed that carries more than 2 people with 40 or 50 mpg is a challenge!