[lbo-talk] Falling Gas Prices=GOP Victories This Fall

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Thu Sep 14 11:41:37 PDT 2006


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



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