Gas Tax Holiday... Pretty Weak Idea

*** UPDATE *** Now Michael Bloomberg is weighing in... he also says it is a bad idea! click

I have to admit, when I first heard the idea of a temporary suspension of the Federal gas tax I was concerned that Obama was against it. I thought to myself, "Why would he not support this? Seems like a good way to get some votes."

But this is exactly why I like Barack Obama. His non-pandering style and common sense approach to issues. It turns out that no experts support this idea. It will not really help very much. Maybe $25 buck will be saved over the summer by the average motorist. And it will REALLY hurt the fund that supplies cash to fix bridges, roads, etc.

What makes it worse is that McCain and Clinton are on board with this bad idea. McCain has no way to pay for it. Clinton proposes paying for it with cutting the tax give-aways for oil companies. The "political" fact of the matter is that there is no way those give aways are going away before the Democrats win the presidency. She knows that (sneaky sneaky Clinton)!

McCain and Clinton should really start campaigning together. They are close in age and have many of the same ideas. As far as I can tell, Clinton is really a Republican anyway. She's using the same OLD Republican tactics in attacking a Democrat, she has the same OLD ideas (like "Obliterating" Iran) that McCain has and she is truly mean - just like Republicans.

They are about the same age so look pretty good together too. Watch out Bill, it's Hillary's turn to smoke a cigar!