Simple common sense tells you that markets are self correcting. If gas is at $10 a gallon people will ditch their Hummers and McMansions for something smaller without any government intervention at all.
Simple common sense will tell you that conservatives are only for more refineries when they are in someone else's back yard.
Simple common sense tells you that if conservatives had taken responsibility for their own actions they wouldn't be whining and begging the government to do something about gas prices.
Simple common sense tells you that conservatives are the biggest whiners on planet earth.