With Tire Gauge Nonsense, GOP Fights the "Silver Buckshot"

—By Jonathan Stein

| Wed Aug. 6, 2008 7:14 AM PDT

That's Grist's very astute explanation of why the GOP is hammering Barack Obama over his recommendation that people properly inflate their tires to save gas. Check it out.

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