Article: Pocketbook campaigning; Gas prices and presidential elections.(OPED)

Byline: Richard B. Wirthlin and Wynton C. Hall, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Against a backdrop of skyrocketing gas prices, the Republican candidate for president has argued that his opponent's previous support for a 50-cent gas tax - a measure offered in the hopes of lowering consumption - was pure folly. As he put it: "I cannot see where a 50 cent a gallon tax applied to gasoline would have changed the price of gasoline. It would still have gone up as much as it has, and the 50 cents would be added on top of that ... Then we're asked to believe that some way they would get this back to the consumers. But why? Why take it in the first place if you're going ...

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