[RayChuang88]

Obama may have just lost the election if the predictions of gasoline approaching US$5.00/US gallon becomes reality by Memorial Day. That would cause a major spate of inflation, and Obama will lose the vote of "middle America" very quickly.

People forget that besides the Iranian hostage crisis, the energy crisis of 1979-1980 was heavily instrumental in bringing down the Carter Administration. If the price of petroleum products rise too high, it would have a really bad effect on the US economy--right in the middle of the Presidential election year.

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Obama may have just lost the election if the predictions of gasoline approaching US$5.00/US gallon becomes reality by Memorial Day. That would cause a major spate of inflation, and Obama will lose the vote of "middle America" very quickly.

Unless you're able to steal an election. From Harry Reid's playbook.