[Hoot Gibson]

I've never said that Bush was the reason gas prices were high under him, or Obama was the reason they were high under him. I was just setting TRT straight that he didn't have his facts straight on what he was posting about gas prices under the two presidents. I know that the President can't control prices.

Government policies have a big impact on energy prices. Prices are set by the global market, so whether the US is a net exporter or importer of gasoline will have no impact on prices at the pump.

The US's economic recovery is lagging many other countries and the value of the dollar has continued to decline under Obama. When the economy recovers, the sky will be the limit for gasoline prices.

There is nothing in the short term that Obama can do to lower gasoline prices but in the long term, he and Congressional Democrats are ensuring high energy prices for the foreseeable future. While China's leaders are trotting around the globe locking up oil supplies, this country continues to make it more difficult to drill for oil on federal lands and we are pushing the Canadians into the arms of oil-thirsty China.

It is a recipe for disaster and gasoline prices will be higher under the next administration, no matter which party wins the White House.