Gallup/USAToday asked:
Just your best guess -- Do you think the Bush Administration has deliberately manipulated the price of gasoline so that it would decrease before this fall's elections, or do you think the recent decline in the price of gasoline has not been due to any manipulation by the Bush Administration?
42% said "deliberately manipulated." Astounding.
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