Oil $119.90 / Clinton wins PA primary

Posted By on April 23, 2008

upGroan … with a bunch more miles to drive yet this week, gasoline made the usual Tuesday move up again. This time it went about 25 cents at most retail stations in Ohio — on average about $3.59/gallon for unleaded regular gasoline after the move. No doubt price increases have something to do with U.S. and worldwide demand, but I’m sure Tuesday afternoon’s all time high close of $119.90 a barrel isn’t helping.

Clinton wins PA
In other news dominating the headlines, Hillary Clinton wins the viciously fought Pennsylvania primary beating Democratic front runner Barrack Obama in an historic 10% margin of victory. (lots of credit goes to Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell for helping Senator Clinton – photo above) I’m not sure this will change the eventual outcome, but it does make the race interesting to watch and makes May’s primaries far more interesting … especially Indiana and North Carolina.

Comments

  • JimOrbsin

    At what point do we shut down the entire economy? I live pretty comfortably and consider myself middle class and am having to give up driving to things like my kids ball games or to visit family on a weekend … and its starting to show up in higher prices everywhere I look. My wages haven’t gone up anywhere close to my expenses. I cannot imagine how this impact kids just getting started with a family and dreams of a first house.

  • JimOrbsin

    At what point do we shut down the entire economy? I live pretty comfortably and consider myself middle class and am having to give up driving to things like my kids ball games or to visit family on a weekend … and its starting to show up in higher prices everywhere I look. My wages haven’t gone up anywhere close to my expenses. I cannot imagine how this impact kids just getting started with a family and dreams of a first house.

  • sailor jack

    You should try to buy fuel down at the marina. I’m not planning to leave the dock this year.

    As for the election garbage … who cares. It doesn’t matter who is elected, its not going to make any difference in the economy or in fuel prices. If you want to know why we are in an economic decline, just take a look at how cheap labor is in Asia. We can’t compete with those prices and don’t educate the next generation (ecept for a few bright kids) at a level they can do much more than blue collar work. Harsh but true.

  • sailor jack

    You should try to buy fuel down at the marina. I’m not planning to leave the dock this year.

    As for the election garbage … who cares. It doesn’t matter who is elected, its not going to make any difference in the economy or in fuel prices. If you want to know why we are in an economic decline, just take a look at how cheap labor is in Asia. We can’t compete with those prices and don’t educate the next generation (ecept for a few bright kids) at a level they can do much more than blue collar work. Harsh but true.

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