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The White House and Gas Prices

GasBuddy Blog -- With the presidential election just over a month away, there continues to be information that doesn't shed the full story on the relationship of gasoline prices and The White House. While many publications have cited gasoline prices during the current President's time in office, it hasn't often been cited with gas prices during the previous administration.

Either politician or any party may try to convince you that you either felt a ton of pain or very little pain at the pump during the past two presidents- but what's the truth- have you? Here's a chart to decide for yourself:

How about some other statistics about the past two presidential terms that should help discredit less than honest politicians on both sides...

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Submitted Sep 27, 2012 By: PD

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99dakota Champion Author Providence Posts:8,092 Points:2,169,000 Joined:Oct 2006	Message Posted: Oct 8, 2012 1:51:05 PM Ignore 99dakota Report Abuse We need an energy policy.
Donatelo Champion Author Dayton Posts:1,115 Points:290,865 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: Oct 7, 2012 7:54:20 AM Ignore Donatelo Report Abuse change comes slowly, but times do and will change. there is a car now that runs on compressed air, look it up. we have huge natural gas reserves. gasoline will be a thing of the past in time.
paulweb All-Star Author Ohio Posts:806 Points:353,270 Joined:May 2011	Message Posted: Oct 7, 2012 6:55:36 AM Ignore paulweb Report Abuse yes, as a sage once said..."there are lies, damn lies, then statistics."
Gas4Gore Champion Author Detroit Posts:2,401 Points:419,875 Joined:Jan 2010	Message Posted: Oct 6, 2012 8:38:32 PM Ignore Gas4Gore Report Abuse Romney will take care of us.
mabrams184 Champion Author Lexington Posts:2,085 Points:530,055 Joined:Aug 2011	Message Posted: Oct 6, 2012 6:20:27 PM Ignore mabrams184 Report Abuse Everyone uses their own stats to prove there view.
Donatelo Champion Author Dayton Posts:1,115 Points:290,865 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: Oct 6, 2012 6:32:26 AM Ignore Donatelo Report Abuse ok
ebakosam7 Rookie Author Los Angeles Posts:1 Points:1,050 Joined:Oct 2012	Message Posted: Oct 6, 2012 4:06:52 AM Ignore ebakosam7 Report Abuse mr. president i know you are all engaged with elections, appreciate that but gas prices just keep going higher and higher, i will like am chocking...please do something
gougenator Champion Author Dallas Posts:29,837 Points:3,242,000 Joined:Aug 2003	Message Posted: Oct 5, 2012 3:03:35 AM Ignore gougenator Report Abuse both those lying bastards said "i know its hard on the american pocketbook,,,blahblah blah,,," and yet we still have sky high prices, ,what a LOAD OF E#E%$#%$%$%Y!!!!!
honda0105 Champion Author Tallahassee Posts:18,580 Points:1,605,520 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Oct 4, 2012 9:00:55 PM Ignore honda0105 Report Abuse why does it always require that one puts blame or fault on someone?
Gas4Gore Champion Author Detroit Posts:2,401 Points:419,875 Joined:Jan 2010	Message Posted: Oct 4, 2012 8:40:30 PM Ignore Gas4Gore Report Abuse Who is at fault, eh.
CapriceWagon All-Star Author Washington Posts:929 Points:475,520 Joined:Feb 2008	Message Posted: Oct 4, 2012 8:22:22 AM Ignore CapriceWagon Report Abuse The printing of money does drive inflation, as does raising minimum wage.
honda0105 Champion Author Tallahassee Posts:18,580 Points:1,605,520 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Oct 3, 2012 9:00:40 PM Ignore honda0105 Report Abuse good one Ducati.
DucatiRider Rookie Author Maryland Posts:70 Points:1,200 Joined:Sep 2012	Message Posted: Oct 3, 2012 6:28:50 AM Ignore DucatiRider Report Abuse Does this mean that with a new president gas prices would drop again? Just kidding, just kidding.
BIGOILEATURCRUD Champion Author North Carolina Posts:5,742 Points:1,374,725 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Oct 3, 2012 2:12:55 AM Ignore BIGOILEATURCRUD Report Abuse PD's fault.
honda0105 Champion Author Tallahassee Posts:18,580 Points:1,605,520 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Oct 2, 2012 9:01:05 PM Ignore honda0105 Report Abuse pilot; and diesel far surpassed that.. many areas reached well above $5/gal diesel.
gasokie Champion Author Oklahoma Posts:3,442 Points:1,323,805 Joined:May 2007	Message Posted: Oct 2, 2012 6:34:45 PM Ignore gasokie Report Abuse Just shows most people fail to understand the creation of wealth as it relates to printed bills.
rjhenn Champion Author Des Moines Posts:22,419 Points:2,226,625 Joined:Aug 2005	Message Posted: Oct 2, 2012 2:17:13 PM Ignore rjhenn Report Abuse Snowchoux - "The printing of money will cause us to pay more for gas. How is that not Obama driving the price we pay for gas up?" The printing of money has little to do any more with the value of money. Most 'money' these days only exists as bits on a computer file.
Snowchoux Champion Author Missouri Posts:1,003 Points:145,635 Joined:Sep 2012	Message Posted: Oct 2, 2012 8:56:25 AM Ignore Snowchoux Report Abuse The printing of money will cause us to pay more for gas. How is that not Obama driving the price we pay for gas up?
pilotmass Champion Author Boston Posts:1,803 Points:499,060 Joined:Jul 2011	Message Posted: Oct 2, 2012 6:19:16 AM Ignore pilotmass Report Abuse Gas prices in July 2008 averaged $4.11 per gallon
Hobby001 Champion Author Michigan Posts:5,084 Points:1,181,060 Joined:Jul 2007	Message Posted: Oct 2, 2012 3:25:29 AM Ignore Hobby001 Report Abuse Gasoline was $1.78 per gallon in January 2009 when Obama took office.
honda0105 Champion Author Tallahassee Posts:18,580 Points:1,605,520 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Oct 2, 2012 3:03:31 AM Ignore honda0105 Report Abuse some of us remember the $4/gal in August 2008 that never really dropped diesel prices down (one reason for the economy to not recover).
KAR120CSII Champion Author Oregon Posts:3,167 Points:617,895 Joined:Apr 2010	Message Posted: Sep 30, 2012 10:20:15 PM Ignore KAR120CSII Report Abuse Good article. Oh, and as for Gas4Gore -- Gasbuddy doesn't need political diatribes -- off into the ether zone with you -- the 'Ignore' button please --
RTBama1 Sophomore Author Montgomery Posts:101 Points:1,554,145 Joined:Aug 2005	Message Posted: Sep 30, 2012 9:49:21 PM Ignore RTBama1 Report Abuse Informative. No correlation between who's in the White House and price we pay at the pump.
Gas4Gore Champion Author Detroit Posts:2,401 Points:419,875 Joined:Jan 2010	Message Posted: Sep 30, 2012 8:36:29 PM Ignore Gas4Gore Report Abuse I would still never cast a vote for Barack Hussein Obama.
nervous Sophomore Author Ventura Posts:221 Points:4,545 Joined:Oct 2010	Message Posted: Sep 30, 2012 9:00:36 AM Ignore nervous Report Abuse KAR120CSII, I guess you didn't read the title of blog "The White House and Gas Prices", can you not get more political than this. If you want to rebut me, please have info to discredit my info.
sparky808 Champion Author Honolulu Posts:2,981 Points:594,810 Joined:Sep 2011	Message Posted: Sep 29, 2012 6:10:07 PM Ignore sparky808 Report Abuse old post
KAR120CSII Champion Author Oregon Posts:3,167 Points:617,895 Joined:Apr 2010	Message Posted: Sep 29, 2012 3:52:18 PM Ignore KAR120CSII Report Abuse Oh yes, nervbous too. The 'Ignore' button please -- see ya in the ether zone.
KAR120CSII Champion Author Oregon Posts:3,167 Points:617,895 Joined:Apr 2010	Message Posted: Sep 29, 2012 3:50:39 PM Ignore KAR120CSII Report Abuse Bye, bye Noewal -- no need for politics here, it's a Gas site. Off into the ether zone with you -- the 'Ignore' button please.
RoadKing95 Champion Author San Jose Posts:20,537 Points:3,600,315 Joined:May 2003	Message Posted: Sep 29, 2012 11:37:24 AM Ignore RoadKing95 Report Abuse Noewal & nervous - could either of you show supporting documentation for your accusations?
Noewal All-Star Author Virginia Posts:655 Points:214,880 Joined:Jul 2008	Message Posted: Sep 29, 2012 8:46:22 AM Ignore Noewal Report Abuse Thank you evergreenON from Canada who pointed out that they had the same gas price fluctuation but neither Bush nor Obama were president there. The price of oil is determined by supply and demand. The OPEC cartel keeps the price of oil high by limiting production. What America needs to do is INCREASE DOMESTIC PRODUCTION. Now the policies of the Bush administration were more favorable to increasing domestic production than are the policies of the Obama administration. Obama DOES NOT want to drill or explore for oil or natural gas. Obama wants to DEVELOP GREEN ENERGY, HIGH PRICED alternatives. Give Obama a second term and you will see DOMESTIC OIL PRODUCTION and EXPLORATION all but disappear from America. VOTE ROMNEY!
nervous Sophomore Author Ventura Posts:221 Points:4,545 Joined:Oct 2010	Message Posted: Sep 29, 2012 8:28:54 AM Ignore nervous Report Abuse FYI for all of you Pres. Obama defenders, After oil prices reached new highs in 2008, the Bush administration and Congress moved to open almost all of the outer continental shelf to oil and gas exploration and development. But in November 2011, the Obama administration released an offshore drilling plan that closes much of the offshore United States to oil and gas drilling that had been opened by President Bush and Congress. The Obama administration’s plan closes those offshore areas to energy exploration and production through at least 2017. The plan allows lease sales to occur in the portions of the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska that were already open to leasing, leaving the entire Atlantic and Pacific coasts off-limits.[
NedW Champion Author Indianapolis Posts:5,594 Points:1,138,245 Joined:Mar 2008	Message Posted: Sep 28, 2012 9:41:55 PM Ignore NedW Report Abuse Aint it Bushes fault?
rjhenn Champion Author Des Moines Posts:22,419 Points:2,226,625 Joined:Aug 2005	Message Posted: Sep 28, 2012 5:44:26 PM Ignore rjhenn Report Abuse Now, who do you think the oil companies support, Obama or Romney? Democrats or Republicans (though there's not much real difference). Now tell me why gas prices are going up before this election, when they went down before the last presidential election.
jakejj995 Rookie Author Raleigh Posts:20 Points:50,940 Joined:Feb 2010	Message Posted: Sep 28, 2012 4:53:45 PM Ignore jakejj995 Report Abuse gas futures jumped up .19 cent today fri sept 28.. expect to see gas go through the roof soon.. it was just starting to come down a bit in my area. some places at 3.60 down from 3.89 a week or so ago. all i want to know is WTF....????
07skydriver Champion Author Ohio Posts:3,243 Points:979,165 Joined:Feb 2009	Message Posted: Sep 28, 2012 4:34:14 PM Ignore 07skydriver Report Abuse Gas prices will not determine the outcome in November. Recent polls show that voters are deciding based on other criteria.
gasokie Champion Author Oklahoma Posts:3,442 Points:1,323,805 Joined:May 2007	Message Posted: Sep 28, 2012 4:32:20 PM Ignore gasokie Report Abuse Sounds like a lot of "anti" speculator-anti-Wall Street and a lot of class envy goin' on out there. Lots of luck on that.
tbbMI Sophomore Author Michigan Posts:133 Points:752,805 Joined:Jul 2008	Message Posted: Sep 28, 2012 2:54:38 PM Ignore tbbMI Report Abuse Well said '91Hilux', 'N4PIP' and 'Gastroenteritis'!!! Presidents are always the scapegoats for EVERYTHING that goes wrong in Government; regardless of who actually did the wrongdoings (which is usually Congress!).
alex395 Champion Author Louisville Posts:2,039 Points:275,865 Joined:Jan 2007	Message Posted: Sep 28, 2012 1:55:47 PM Ignore alex395 Report Abuse Obama is in charge. If it isn't right it is his responsibility to take action to fix. Doesn't matter what Bush did or didn't do-if he didn't fix the problem it is his screw up as well but not for Obama to have a place to point to to blame (for the 3,462,788 time). Be assured he would try to blame Truman, Roosevelt, Dolly Parton and Andrew Jackson if he thought he could get by with the brainwashing of the populous. [Edited by: alex395 at 9/28/2012 4:58:00 PM EST]
EvergreenON All-Star Author Ontario Posts:923 Points:479,690 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: Sep 28, 2012 1:20:24 PM Ignore EvergreenON Report Abuse Bush neither Obama where president in Canada but we had exactly the same fluctuation. We should just stop speculation on gas price
Gnusman53 Champion Author San Diego Posts:6,988 Points:1,108,420 Joined:Feb 2004	Message Posted: Sep 28, 2012 1:04:42 PM Ignore Gnusman53 Report Abuse Poor Roger thinks Canada is an enemy?????
Gnusman53 Champion Author San Diego Posts:6,988 Points:1,108,420 Joined:Feb 2004	Message Posted: Sep 28, 2012 12:53:12 PM Ignore Gnusman53 Report Abuse As to speculation.... the CFTC has seen the speculation ratio flip from about 20-80 to 80-20 with the GOP making sure nobody can stop the money flow to their patrons (bosses)....
Gastroenteritis All-Star Author Jacksonville Posts:525 Points:71,585 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Sep 28, 2012 12:26:11 PM Ignore Gastroenteritis Report Abuse Lets see, if the republicans got majority and if a law do not go past senate, is president Obama fault, the president can not say go and drill without senate approval, but the smart people on gas buddy say is the president doing. Well I have to say that most; not all, but most educated people here are a bunch of ignorants with a degree. If I give you the option of what you want the most between peace or freedom. What is your choice? Peace risking freedom or freedom risking peace
GatorGuy Champion Author Columbia Posts:2,220 Points:1,203,735 Joined:Jan 2009	Message Posted: Sep 28, 2012 11:48:19 AM Ignore GatorGuy Report Abuse Yeah, but what are they doing about it?
myambro Champion Author Sacramento Posts:3,194 Points:1,049,375 Joined:Mar 2005	Message Posted: Sep 28, 2012 11:46:37 AM Ignore myambro Report Abuse I really like what "Mandrake" posted: "We need to elect people who will work on behalf of the voters and not for the cheerleading lobbyists ... More importantly, we need voters who can understand the difference." Now, we need an attribution for that.
RoadKing95 Champion Author San Jose Posts:20,537 Points:3,600,315 Joined:May 2003	Message Posted: Sep 28, 2012 11:09:04 AM Ignore RoadKing95 Report Abuse Tekkersmom57 posted the following; >>mistergoleta stated: "Gasoline prices are based on the price on crude oil. The President has no control over the price...." I agree the President doesn't have complete control over the price, but this president PROMISED to form a committee that would look into the speculators and how they were purchasing too much oil that was affecting the price of gas. Well, his four years are over and the speculators are still doing what they do best.....making loads of money at our expense. His committee hasn't come through and nothing is being done, so yes I do feel this president could have done things differently to control the price of gas.<< Perhaps you need to do some research to see what happened. The committee you refer to is the CFTC. Here's some facts I found. In the ongoing struggle to shield ordinary Americans from the risks and excesses of big banks, Congress can be counted on to stand with... the big banks. That's according to Gary Gensler, head of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, who said at an industry event on Thursday that a recent proposal from the House Appropriations Committee to cut his agency's funding by 12 percent is evidence that Congress "sides with Wall Street." In December, Republicans closed ranks against the CFTC, refusing to grant it any more funding even though President Obama had asked for the agency's budget to grow by more than $100 million. A similar even transpired in March, when House Republicans defeated a bill to further fund the Securities and Exchange Commission. So as always the republican congress will continue to make it hard on us all in their never ending quest to make Obama a one term president. Since they didn't succeed at that perhaps they'll be more willing to cooperate after his reelection.
DanTheMan2010 Veteran Author Raleigh Posts:331 Points:682,195 Joined:Sep 2010	Message Posted: Sep 28, 2012 10:45:50 AM Ignore DanTheMan2010 Report Abuse It was clearly cheaper with Bush.
Tekkersmom57 Champion Author Syracuse Posts:1,859 Points:697,640 Joined:May 2010	Message Posted: Sep 28, 2012 10:41:35 AM Ignore Tekkersmom57 Report Abuse mistergoleta stated: "Gasoline prices are based on the price on crude oil. The President has no control over the price...." I agree the President doesn't have complete control over the price, but this president PROMISED to form a committee that would look into the speculators and how they were purchasing too much oil that was affecting the price of gas. Well, his four years are over and the speculators are still doing what they do best.....making loads of money at our expense. His committee hasn't come through and nothing is being done, so yes I do feel this president could have done things differently to control the price of gas.
waynemustang Champion Author Indiana Posts:6,357 Points:1,661,785 Joined:Nov 2006	Message Posted: Sep 28, 2012 10:37:52 AM Ignore waynemustang Report Abuse Obama Regime had the opportunity to lower prices and provide jobs in the Gulf.
RogerB Champion Author Indianapolis Posts:18,045 Points:2,621,085 Joined:Dec 2005	Message Posted: Sep 28, 2012 10:36:19 AM Ignore RogerB Report Abuse "Gasoline prices are based on the price on crude oil. The President has no control over the price." If Obama would let us drill for all the oil available to us, that would increase the supply, lower the cost, and the US could stop buying oil from our enemies. We can fix this in November. "When someone doesn't do the job, we gotta let them go"-- Clint Eastwood
sydb7 Champion Author Atlanta Posts:3,542 Points:1,916,730 Joined:Mar 2003	Message Posted: Sep 28, 2012 10:35:51 AM Ignore sydb7 Report Abuse Let's see how the haters spin this!