Bush camp hopes for change in pump politics

Retail gasoline prices may have slipped back in recent weeks, but in battleground states such as Ohio and other key Midwest states, the cost of a tank of gas continues to inch upwards.

Gas prices have played to Kerry’s advantage – but that could change

By James Harding
Financial Times
Updated: 12:29 p.m. ET Aug. 24, 2004

CRAWFORD, Texas – As the price of oil neared $50 a barrel last week, an anxious Republican joked darkly that President Bush might want to return to the lucrative oilfields of Texas. Higher prices at the pump, the former administration official added, may give him no choice.

Retail gasoline prices may have slipped back in recent weeks, but in battleground states such as Ohio and other key Midwest states, the cost of a tank of gas continues to inch upwards.

The average price paid in the U.S. last week was $1.87