The election will be decided on pocketbook politics - REMEMBER, “Its the eonomy STUPID?”
As of May 2012 [as reported by ABC], gas prices are LIKELY to go north of $4.50 in MANY areas ...
AND, ABC reports, for EVERY 10-cent increase in a gallon of gas, the public spends [correspondingly] $9 Billion LESS in the economy ...
EVERYTHING we consume [just about] is tagged to the price of gas - milk, eggs, bread. And even pizza delivery ...
Not to mention a slow down in hiring [IF the job market is INDEED recovwering] ...
http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/gas-could-break-four-dollars-15525806
> $4 = Republican President
> $3 < $4 = Toss up
< $3 = Second term