For President Obama’s limo, BP gas is better than no gas at all
Even the president needs to get gasoline sometimes -- even if the station carries the BP logo and gas is $8.40/gallon
View ArticleAmy Myers Jaffe: Why President Obama was right to tap the Strategic Petroleum...
Amy Myers Jaffe of the Baker Institute writes: "The SPR was not created to be a tool only used in the event of war (though we are engaged in military activity in Libya, Yemen, and Afghanistan so one...
View ArticleJon Huntsman slams Rick Perry as ‘unelectable’
Texas Gov. Rick Perry catches some flack from fellow Republican presidential aspirant Jon Huntsman. "I think when you find yourself at an extreme end of the Republican Party, you make yourself...
View ArticleThe Week Ahead: Political rhetoric rising as quickly as gas prices
The average price of gasoline has increased 30 cents a gallon over the past month, leading Republicans to blame President Barack Obama and Democrats pointing fingers at financial speculators. With...
View ArticlePoll: Bush got more blame for rising gas prices than Obama does now
In 2006, 25 percent of those surveyed by the Pew Research Center believed the Bush administration to be the top reason for the increased gas prices. In a late-February Pew poll this year, 18 percent...
View ArticleTexas Democrats, Republicans trade blame for rising gas prices
Elected officials traded blame today for rising gas prices, which were up today for the 27th day in a row.
View ArticlePolitical cartoons of the week: Crying about soaring gas prices
Gas price shock and Israel on a leash. Plus John Branch's take on the Texas redistricting debacle. This week in the Political Cartoons of the Week.
View ArticleRep. Pete Olson to pump customers’ gas in protest against soaring prices
“High gas prices hurt everyone, but families and small businesses are hit especially hard," Rep. Pete Olson said today. "That's why we need to open more of our domestic resources, which will stabilize...
View ArticleTexas GOP lawmakers launch coordinated attack on Obama, from gas prices to...
It's not unusual for Republicans to criticize President Obama via Twitter. But today, members of the Texas delegation were particularly hard on him, calling him out on issues ranging from gas prices to...
View ArticleEnergy Secy. Chu disputes GOP claims that Obama energy programs rife with...
Energy Secretary Steven Chu defended his department's policies to Congress on Tuesday after House Republicans released two extensive reports charging that alternative-energy loan programs and a huge...
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