WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush may be tempted to tap into the Strategic Petroleum Reserve this election year to help the Republican nominee he hopes will succeed him, but the impact on lowering gasoline prices and thus winning over voters would likely be small.
The Republican nominee in this year's U.S. presidential election is likely to pressure the White House to use the emergency oil stockpile, especially if he is far behind his Democratic counterpart in the polls.
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