Blame Oil Speculators, Not Obama, For Rising Oil Prices

Blame Oil Speculators, Not Obama, For Rising Oil Prices: pAs the improving economy has robbed conservatives of their chief talking point against President Obama, they’ve turned to rising gas prices as the next problem to pin on the president. Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) “instructed fellow Republicans to embrace the gas-pump anger,” while Rick Santorum conspiratorially claimed Obama is intentionally pushing up prices to cut [...]/p~~~~thinkprogress.org~~~~