Re: Falling Gas Prices=GOP Victories This Fall
On Sep 14, 2006, at 10:47 AM, Wojtek Sokolowski wrote:
Without denying a likely possibility of gas price manipulation by oil companies, I think that such a utilitarian view of political
behavior is too simplistic and obscures more than it explains.
Whatever the reason, Bush’s approval ratings are tightly bound to the
price of gas - unlike previous presidents. I’ve just updated the
graphs and text at http://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/BushNGas.html.
Doug