2008-05-02
Obama's Tightrope Walk on Gas Taxes. By Nick Timiraos, WSJ, May 2, 2008, subscription. "Sen. Barack Obama's argument that a gas-tax holiday makes no sense -- a stand that is winning plaudits from editorial boards and economists -- isn't always getting through to voters worried about rising gas prices. The presidential candidate has staked out a politically treacherous position by opposing the three-month suspension of the federal gas tax proposed last month by Sen. John McCain... and embraced by Democratic rival Sen. Hillary Clinton... 'I'm here to tell you the truth,' Sen. Obama says in a new 60-second ad running in North Carolina and Indiana ahead of Tuesday's primaries. 'You're going to save about $25, $30, or half a tank of gas.'"
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