" wrote
Dropping them in October may be too late to be of
much PR benefit to the party hoping to maintain a congressional
majority. There's no direct connection between who's in office and oil
prices, but John Q Public is more likely to vote "for change" if he's
feeling unhappy


There's a direct connection if the politician in question is
the President and he cuts a deal with the Saudis to drop oil
prices before the election.


Fred Dehl wrote:
But it's the Democrats and their envirolunatics who are responsible for
the increased prices during summer.

That's right Fred. Democrats are to blame for everything bad
in the whole world, including warm beer, your neighbors
barking dog, and the awful sound of fingernails on a blackboard.

DSK