You're wishing in vain if you think any politician can grant quick relief from high gas prices. Dropping the gas tax wouldn't lower the price since we've already shown we're willing to pay the current price. A windfall profits tax wouldn't work because the oil companies would just use it to justify keeping prices up. After all, they're still paying the tax. Besides, that's our highway funding you're talking about cutting, which means the loss of a bunch of jobs. Unless you want to advocate price controls or a mandate for increased pumping, there is nothing to be done except to wait for decreased demand to lower the price, or increased pumping to take advantage of high prices which will eventually drop prices, or for speculation to subside which it eventually will. I suppose you can hope for an economic collapse in oil-consuming countries. Instead of complaining, you might want to learn the bus routes or start telecommuting. Tell Congress to restore alternative energy tax credits. Ignoring basic economics doesn't help.

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