Witness The Quickness

Perspectives
"Your critics will say on Capitol Hill that you want gas prices to go higher, because you have said before that will wean the American people off fossil fuels onto renewable fuels. How do you respond to that?" he said.


Obama's reply combined annoyance and derision.


“Ed, just from a political perspective, do you think the President of the United States, going into reelection, wants gas prices to go up even higher?" he said. Turning to the room at large, he added, "Is there anybody here who thinks that makes a lot of sense?” (Huffington Post, 3/6/2012)


No, of course not. The president does not want gas prices to rise "GOING INTO REELECTION."  To glean what the president might think on the subject of rising gas prices in a non-election year, let's turn first to President Obama and then to his Energy Secretary:


(CNBC's John) Harwood followed, “So could these high prices help us?” Obama answered, “I think that I would have preferred a gradual adjustment. The fact that this is such a shock to American pocketbooks is not a good thing.”


Also in 2008, Stephen Chu, who Obama would name as his Energy secretary, said, “Somehow we have to figure out how to boost the price of gasoline to the levels in Europe,” according to The Wall Street Journal. (CNSnews.com, 3/6/2012)


President Thin-Skin forgets what he says, but others do not.


Without You
On Tuesday night, progressives confronted the unimaginable: Congress without Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio). The eight-term congressman lost his primary election for Ohio's newly created 9th district to Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio). (Huffington Post, 3/7/2012)


First Barney leaves us, now Dennis. A moment of silence please.