Aug 18, 2011 ... It's certainly true that prices -- now about $3.50 a gallon on average -- have risen since President Obama took office. "The day that the president became president gasoline was $1.79 a gallon," Bachmann said. "Look what it is today." Of course, that's not the full story. When Obama took office, the country ...
Feb 24, 2012 ... (CNSNews.com) – The average price for one gallon of unleaded gasoline has increased nearly every month since Barack Obama was inaugurated in January 2009. At that time, when George W. Bush was leaving office, the price was $1.78 per gallon. Today, three years and one month later, the average ...
Sep 8, 2011 ... Summary. The GOP candidates took some liberties when discussing jobs, Social Security, immigration, health care and other issues during the presidential debate at the Ronald Reagan Library: .... Bachmann: Don't forget the day that President Obama took office, gasoline was $1.79 a gallon. It's entirely ...
Aug 18, 2011 ... Bachmann has a fact that apparently makes her case: “The day that the president became president gasoline was $1.79 a gallon. Look what it is today.” President Obama also took office amid a massive global economic shock that reduced demand for oil across the world. Prices — and carbon emissions ...
Mar 21, 2012 ... By August, the cost fell to $3.74 and continued to fall until the price averaged $2.07 just after Election Day in November, when Mr. Obama was elected president. Source: Consumer Reports. Reince Priebus: "He's defending a president that had-- gas prices were a dollar eighty-five a gallon when he took ...
The day President Obama took office, gasoline was $1.79 a gallon.