WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United States, Prince Bandar bin Sultan, promised President Bush the Saudis would cut oil prices before November to ensure the U.S. economy is strong on election day, journalist Bob Woodward said in a television interview on Sunday.

In an interview with CBS's "60 Minutes" about his new book "Plan of Attack" on the Bush administration's preparations for the Iraq war, Woodward, a senior editor at the Washington Post, said Prince Bandar pledged the Saudi's would try to fine-tune oil prices to prime the U.S. economy for the election -- a move they understood would favor Bush's re-election.

Questioned about his assertion at a time when oil prices are nearing a 13-year high, Woodward responded:

"They're high. And they could go down very quickly. That's the Saudi pledge. Certainly over the summer or as we get closer to the election they could increase production several million barrels a day and the price would drop significantly."

I swear to God, if the Democrats can't get ahead of this story in two days, they may not deserve to be elected. Try this:

Are you telling me that in addition to destroying 2.5 million jobs, in addition to spending $200 billion on an unnecessary war of choice that he lied to get started, in addition to leaving this country dangerously unprepared for terrorist attacks, are you telling me that President Bush has funneled billions of dollars from American consumers to the Saudi royal family just so they can drop the prices back to normal in time to make him look good for re-election?

If this is true in any way, President Bush and Vice-President Cheney should have the decency to submit their immediate resignations. Today.

Any bets that all those radio shows that were so concerned about Oval Office conduct in 1998 spend today talking about how high the capital gains tax is?