It looks like the price of gas is the single most important factor in the coming midterm elections. Despite all the talk of abortion rights, threats to democracy and Republicans avowed promises to try to cut Social Security and medicare the price of a gallon of gasoline will decide who controls congress for the next two years.
How has it come to this? I would hazard a guess and say most people pump their own gas and while it is not the biggest item in their household budget it is the most noticeable on a daily basis. The media is good at finding the hardworking stiff who commutes several hundred miles per week with a gas guzzler which costs hundreds of dollars to keep running. These are the kinds of stories that make headlines. Meanwhile, the first instinct of the politically ignorant average voter is to throw out the party presiding over the price increase.
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