Does “hope and change” ring a bell?
Via Beltway Confidential:
With gas prices rising to record levels, President Obama went on the offensive Thursday, chastising Republicans for promising to lower pump prices they can’t control and blaming the current price surge on the continuing unrest in the Middle East.
“It’s the easiest thing in the world to make phony election-year promises about lower gas prices,” Obama said during a visit to the battleground state of Florida. “What’s harder is to make a serious, sustained commitment to tackle a problem that may not be solved in one year or one term or even one decade.”
To gain energy independence, the country must adopt a strategy “that develops every available source of American energy — oil, gas, wind, solar, nuclear, biofuels,” said Obama, who announced $44 billion in funding for natural gas and biofuels research.