Gas prices won’t be a dominant issue in this fall’s election. People won’t like the high gas prices but I think it’s something that they’ve already adjusted to for the most part.

You just couldn’t be more wrong.

Perhaps people have adjusted to the prices, but if you think it won’t be an issue in the coming elections or if you believe that most people actually believe that old canard that the market is driving the prices and not the oil companies then you, like far too many conservatives, are absolutely “whistling through the graveyard” on the gas price issue.

Most consumers are smart enough to figure out that because oil companies control refining capacity, they necessarily control the “SUPPLY” side of the “SUPPLY AND DEMAND” equation, giving them the power to pinch off supply and pocket the obscene profits that follow.

Add to that the daily stories of oil companies being caught illegally gouging on propain prices down south, and on-going stories of possible illegal manipulation of natural gas prices and people are fed up.

Greed at the pump is driving up energy costs for all us, driving down real wages for middle class families, and putting the pinch on everyone.

Come November there is going to be hell to pay for it.

You’re kidding yourself if you think there isn’t.