Gas prices result in candidate road rage

March 17: CNBC’s Jim Cramer and John Harwood talk with Hardball’s Chris Matthews about the failing economy and its effect on the 2008 race.

Jan. 18: CNBC’s Jim Cramer talks to Hardball’s Chris Matthews about the economy becoming the hottest issue in the 2008 race.

March 27: MSNBC’s David Shuster takes a look at the economy today, four years ago, and relative to the 2008 presidential race.

Aug. 1: In the Hardball Big Number, guest host Mike Barnicle calculates how 100 people worked up a $8,204 bar tab after the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s softball tournament.

Jan. 22: CNBC’s Melissa Francis discusses how the economy overtook the war in Iraq as the central issue in the 2008 presidential race.

June 8: Overnight, the average price of a gallon of regular gas crept up to $4. CNBC’s Steve Liesman joins NBC’s Lester Holt to make sense of rising gas prices.

April 24: Congress holds a hearing on the rapidly rising gas prices. NBC's Michelle Franzen reports.

May 22: Gas-give-away gimmicks are latest twist in soaring oil price economy. NBC's Tom Costello reports.

May 24: The skyrocketing price of gas is forcing many travelers to not just amend their holiday plans, but make adjustments to long-time leisure habits. NBC’s Mike Taibbi reports.

July 6: The rising price of gas is having ever-widening effects on life across the United States. As NBC’s Mike Taibbi reports, soaring prices are forcing some Americans to change long-held...