What’s been going on with the price of gas in west central Missouri? It’s gone down:

The price of gas in west central Missouri in the afternoon on October 23, 2012.

The U.S. Energy Information Administration provides historical national retail gasoline price data from January 2000 to August 2012. The national price in August 2012?:

[$]3.722

Why, the retail price of gas has dropped significantly.

The cost of gas has been a republican complaint meme:

The past, the gas, and isms (September 24, 2012)

Rep. Vicky Hartzler (r): let’s pass the gas – part 2 (June 6, 2012)

Rep. Vicky Hartzler (r): let’s pass the gas (May 27, 2012)

You didn’t think we’d hear something from the republican gas price handwringers when it drops, did you?