Oct. 20, 2022: Its the gas prices, stupid

Published: Oct. 20, 2022, 10:08 a.m.

There\u2019s a reason White House chief of staff RON KLAIN checks AAA\u2019s survey of gas prices every single morning.\nFor all the well-informed punditry about whether this or that issue will be the terrain upon which 2022 rises and falls, today \u2014 with 19 days left until Election Day \u2014 it seems that the most salient issue in the election for most voters could be pretty straightforward: It\u2019s the gas prices, stupid.\nSubscribe to the POLITICO Playbook newsletter\nRaghu Manavalan is the Host of POLITICO's Playbook Daily Briefing.Jenny Ament is the Executive Producer of POLITICO Audio.