Could the prices be coming down before the election to help Republicans??? I mean, why now???? It's suspect.
Probably because Gulf oil refineries are running back at pre-Katrina capacity, Ernesto steered clear of the Gulf, the the margins for oil companies have been falling in recent weeks, crude oil futures prices have been trending downward all summer, and the summer driving season is gearing down, as we head into the long Labor Day weekend.
And another article I read said that BP had restored it's Prudhoe Bay field in Alaska to about 200,000 barrels a day, or half of what it normally operates.