They’re counting on voters to project their hopes and dreams — including their wildest fantasies about cheaper gas — onto Republican challengers. AdvertisementThere are relatively few tools that the president and Congress can deploy to help boost oil production or moderate overall inflation. Follow Catherine Rampell 's opinions Follow AddNeither party has a serious plan for dealing with inflation overall or gas prices specifically. Assuming that Russia’s war in Ukraine continues to disrupt energy markets, then voters realistically face a choice between high gas prices and the rest of the Democratic agenda; or, high gas prices and the rest of the Republican agenda. I get that voters are angry about gas prices and frustrated by some of Democrats’ recent policy choices.

Source: Washington Post June 20, 2022 02:43 UTC