If the Republicans can’t scare you into voting against Barack Obama with the terror that he is to blame with rising gas prices, they will just buy your vote with cheaper gas prices just before the election, again. I wrote about this subject nearly two years ago. And, the Republicans, the party that has been in control of both energy policy and foreign policy for the past 7 years, are at it again.

Considering the fact that gas prices have been on a steady increase over the past 6 months, it seems convenient that going into the Presidential election they consistently retreat from their all-time highs over the past month, according to St. Louis Gas Prices.com.

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We saw this two years ago, as well.

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And, as we saw two years ago, right after voters go to the polls, the prices will return to their skyrocketing trajectory. What I wrote in 2006, still holds true today, just increase all of the dollar values:

If we look at the local gas prices, which certainly effect most St. Louisans in the pocket book, we will note that over the last three five years prices have continued to climb from an average of $1.24 per gallon of regular unleaded gas to $3.07 $4.02 on July 26 17, of this year. Since the end of July, prices have continuously declined to today’s average of $2.11 $3.53. And, prices will continue to lower as we near the November elections. After all, voters feel like they are getting a bargain at nearly $2 $3.50 per gallon when in recent memory they were paying over $3 $4. And, when voters are content, they are more likely to stay the course and keep the status quo rather than risking change.

Fortunately, the tactic didn’t work in 2006, when Democrats took back leadership of the US House, and hopefully, it won’t work this year with not only a Presidential election at stake, but also our Gubernatorial, state Treasurer and state Attorney General races at contest.