President Obama beats back GOP over gas prices

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http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/15/politics/obama-gas-prices-maryland/index.html

Confronted with recent polling suggesting rising gas prices may already be damaging President Obama's political standing ahead of the summer driving season, the president on Thursday reiterated the case that neither he, nor any other politician, has the power to bring down prices in the short term.

"We are starting to see a lot of politicians talking a lot and not doing much," Obama told an enthusiastic crowd at Prince George's Community College in Largo, Maryland. "We've seen this movie before."

"Every time prices start to go up, especially in an election year, politicians dust off their three point plan for $2.00," the president continued, deviating from prepared remarks the White House had distributed to reporters before the speech. "I guess this year they decided they were going to make it $2.50."

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"Every time there's instability in the Middle East, we'll feel it at the pump," he said. "As rapidly-growing nations like China or India keep adding more cars to the road, the price of gas will rise. That's not the future I want for the United States of America."

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http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/03/15/obama-beats-back-gop-over-gas-prices/

Obama hits GOP foes as having 'flat Earth' views on energy
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“They dismiss wind power," Obama said. "They dismiss solar power. They make jokes about biofuels. They were against raising fuel standards. I guess they like gas-guzzlers. They think that’s good for our future. We’re trying to move towards the future, and they want to be stuck in the past.

“We’ve heard this kind of thinking before,” Obama said. “Let me tell you something: If some of these folks were around when Columbus set sail, they must have been founding members of the Flat Earth Society; they would not have believed that the world was round.”

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“Every time prices start to go up, especially in an election year, politicians dust off their three-point plans for $2 gas. I guess this year they decided that they’ll make it $2.50. Why not $2.40? Why not $2.10?” Obama quipped during the speech.

“They head down to the gas station, and make sure a few cameras are following, and then they start acting like, 'We have got a magic wand and we will give you cheap gas forever if you just elect us,' " Obama said to laughter.

http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/216241-obama-hits-flat-earth-gop-foes-on-gas-prices

[Dirty Socialist]

1. He Didn't Say Anything about The Speculators

He should do something about that. Speculators are part of the reason gas prices are high. Dealing with that won't bring gas prices down to $2.50 per gallon, but it's a god start.