Paying at the pump

Erza writes:

This isn't about price gouging, it's about increased instability in and demand for a finite product. Bush and the Republican Congress want credit for doing something, so they'll hold some show hearings. But as the days get longer and the summer months, with their high gas prices, arrive, a couple photo-ops won't do much to distract voters from pump prices nearing $4.

And it's true. Sure the theatrics from the President this morning may produce a short term drop of a couple cents a gallon and be the lipstick that makes it look like he cares, but when nothing comes of it, Republicans are still left holding a bag of angry, cash strapped voters wondering why they are left to suffer high gas prices while Exxon sets another record quarter of profits. It's not going to him, the GOP, or the average American much long term good.