[Updated]
Oil is now under $125/barrel, and still trending steadily downward. That’s a drop of $22/per barrel since lifting executive restrictions. The one year forcast has also started to drop, down to $161 from $166. This is a good sign.
But will it last? It’s a good steady trend over almost two weeks. But how long before democrats try to take credit for it? I’d be happy to give them credit if they came together with some of that bi-partisan unity they always crow about.
Fingers crossed.
The FreeObama Press stuck to form by not appearing in any considerable numbers to greet John McCain on his arrival to New Hampshire. (1 reporter is all the Press could muster). I realize we are not a critical electoral catch, but this is a man running for President and he is in our state. I guess the NH Press was busy washing their hair, or sitting with a sick friend. So much for integrity.
From the Mad Irishman’s Conservative Consortium:
“In Manchester last night, there was just one reporter and one photographer waiting for McCain as his plane landed.
All three cable networks aired some of McCain’s town hall meeting today in Rochester, NH. Of the three news channels, MSNBC aired the most of McCain, from 12:21-12:35pm ET; FNC aired it from 12:17-12:27 and CNN took the McCain town hall from 12:22-12:26. All three aired this morning’s Barack Obama news conference in Jordan.”
Obama is on the cover of Newsweek more often than the average dictator is mentioned in their own government controlled press. Obama gets to comment at length in the NYT, while McCain’s rebuttal is refused by the editorial board. Most Daily newspapers in America run loads of Obama leaning AP stories with very little commentary on his opponent, unless it is negative, (just like with the Iraq War) with the possible exception of a few centrist or right leaning editorial pages. No one is leading with the editorial page the last time I checked. So it is hard to argue against the idea that the Press is in the tank for Obama. They are, and I wont. The democrats policy response to this is to attack talk radio with the ”Fairness doctrine.” Can you say Whose your daddy?
