With Prices Falling, Gas May Lose Its Electoral Punch

AMERICA, the cost of filling up your Hummer just got $16 cheaper.

The price for a gallon of regular gasoline now averages just under $2.50 nationwide, according to the Energy Information Administration. While that is not exactly cheap, it beats the $3-plus per gallon seen as recently as last month. (For those keeping score at home, the Hummer H2 has a 32-gallon tank.)

So what does this mean for the midterm elections?

Democrats have been beating the oil drum for months, coupling rising gas prices with oil companies reaping record profits and big tax breaks. In commercials from the Democratic Senate Campaign Committee, Representative Sherrod Brown, a Democrat running for Senate from Ohio, is described as having