Seriously?
We hear this every time gasoline prices spike. What do you expect the president to do?
Implement price controls like the liberals in Hawaii tried and have the gasoline supplies dry up? In Hawaii, prices were capped but it didn't matter because there was no gas. They had to drop the idea after only two months.
Empty our strategic petroleum reserves which are meant for emergencies? Start drilling more? What?
Call in the oil company execs like the democRATS do every time, as if the oil execs have control over the price at the pump?
Or socialize the oil industry like Maxine The Mouth Waters let slip during one of these congressional hearings to blame the oil companies?
There is very little, if anything, any president can do to dampen gas prices in the short run. The democRATS can't do anything either.
The election in November will not hinge on gasoline prices.
True, plus it's a driving holiday week - some of the recent price increases are at the retail level.
First, gas prices don’t really seem that high to me right now. Am I missing something? Seems like it was almost a $/gallon higher for a couple of years after Katrina.
Unfortunately, gas prices are one of the better predictors of presidential approval over time. Never understood why, but the correlation is very strong.