Indecision 2012

[chris]

To be fair, you can't really compare attendance of the convention and election night with primary rallies. That being said, Romney's decision to hold a speech for a small economic club at a huge stadium just screams 1%. Every day brings a new gaffe from him. Sunday, at the Daytona 500 when asked if he followed NASCAR, he said, "Not as much as some, but some of my best friends are NASCAR team owners".
Romney's 9 Worst Rich-Man Gaffes

Regarding oil, here's an interesting article analyzing the effects oil prices have on U.S. elections. It basically says that as gas prices continue to rise, we can expect more political unrest. Not a shocker I know, but its interesting to see the two graphed out over the last few decades. Carter tried to reason with the American public after the oil embargoes of the 70's. The Republicans painted him as a pussy and he got crushed in the election, and Americans, aided by the GOP, have been asleep ever since. It's far too late to prevent a major shock when the effects of peak oil start to sink in, which unfortunately, by all accounts, will be within the next few years. .