Gas Prices near election time:

*ZNet | Ecology*

*Reading the Gas Pump Numbers

What Do Falling Oil Prices Tell Us about War with Iran, the

Elections, and Peak-Oil Theory*

*by Michael T. Klare; TomDispatch ;

September 27, 2006*

What the hell is going on here? Just six weeks ago, gasoline

prices at the pump were hovering at the $3 per gallon mark;

today, they're inching down toward $2 -- and some analysts

predict even lower numbers before the November elections. The

sharp drop in gas prices has been good news for consumers, who