[mwl8787]

recall that in the summer of 1979 Carter received no bounce from the Arab-Israeli peace accords at Camp David — people were upset about gas lines and food prices.

[erod]

recall that in the summer of 1979 Carter received no bounce from the Arab-Israeli peace accords at Camp David — people were upset about gas lines and food prices.

There’s some good news right there, history ALWAYS repeats itself.

[Alberta's Child]

. . . recall that in the summer of 1979 Carter received no bounce from the Arab-Israeli peace accords at Camp David — people were upset about gas lines and food prices.

Good point. There was an article posted here on FR a few weeks ago along these lines. It contained a great money quote -- something along the lines of: "Gas prices don't lie, and you can't spin unemployment numbers to unemployed people."