Krugman: Gas Prices’ Could ‘Doom Democracy’ by Throwing Election to GOP

Elitist New York Times economics columnist Paul Krugman whined that high gas prices could doom Democratic Party chances in the midterms, just 15 days away. So much for Americans struggling to make ends meet as long as the correct party’s in power, right Krugman?

Economist Paul Krugman“Will the price of gasoline — a price that has very little to do with which party controls the government — nonetheless determine the outcome of the midterm elections, and quite possibly the fate of American democracy,” Krugman asked in an Oct. 20 op-ed. “I wish that were a silly question, but it isn’t. This year there has been a strong correlation between the price of gasoline and political polls.”