Gas Prices Drop Below $2.00

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Democrats' worst post-Labor-Day nightmare, Part I:

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Gas Prices in the St. Louis area fall below $2.00. Here is the gas station nearest my house.
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Great timing, Claire [emphasis added]:

“Considering that Jim Talent thinks giving tax breaks to oil companies raking in record profits is the best way to lower gas prices, it’s difficult to see how keeping him in the Senate will result in cheaper prices at the pump,” DSCC spokesman Phil Singer said. “Claire McCaskill thinks it makes more sense to eliminate those tax breaks so that we can invest in alternative energy sources like ethanol. That’s the kind of change that’s needed to deal with the record gas prices.”