Well, I think you're facts are wrong. At last the ones concerning the president. The president has very little to do with gas prices.

There are many reasons prices are high. Here are the major ones:

- Crude oil prices have stayed higher than expected, in part because it's taken longer to get Iraq back on line.
- In addition, about 300,000 to 400,000 barrels daily of Nigerian oil production are curtailed because of local political turmoil.
- At the same time, Venezuelan oil production has not returned to pre-strike levels.
- And on top of everything else, OPEC has cut back on quotas,

This according to John Felmy, chief economist at the American Petroleum Institute (API).

The president can make policy and negotiate to try to to influence OPEC but it is largely out of his hands on what they set the on price of crude.

There are more calls from Congress (here)to open up the nations strategic petroleum reserves to lower prices.

I for one think these reserves need to be guarded for dire circumstances only.

I don't think we are at that state now. Yes, the prices are high. Yes, people are grumbling. But they are still filling up and travelling just as much.