If the recent plunge in gas prices is the result of a conspiracy by President George W. Bush to help the Republicans retain control of Congress, as 42 percent of Americans believe, according to one Gallup poll, a lot of Wall Streeters wish they'd been in on the plot.According to the article it's the hedge fund speculation that collapsed when the hurricane season didn't show up as predicted.
The market corrected! :)
But, the talk of Bush manipulating gas prices to effect the elections took hold.