$4.05 for premium unleaded, unusual for this neighborhood because it is a high rent district and that is reflected in the gas rice and maryland has a high gasoline tax so it is higher than you could find in surrounding districts. however, this is the number, $405 which $4.05 which is expected from memorial day through labor day and it will continue beyond that. this is the kind of number that gives any president, whether past or present, the ream real jitters. and now a look at the chart that larry sabato put together, the correlation between president s unpopularity and high gasoline prices dating all the way back to the carter administration. here is larry. the price at pump begins to cut the average person, it naturally brings a president s
now $3.48 a gallon. that s up 20 cents in just the past four weeks. and 30% since the beginning of 2010. experts say $4 a gallon gas is just a few months away. here s abc s cecilia vega. reporter: if you were driving, the predictions would make you slam on your brakes. just in time for memorial day weekend, the highest average gas prices this country has ever seen. for now the calm before the storm. reporter: prices that already seem sky-high are about to get even higher. one estimate has an average gas price of $4.05 a gallon by may. another predicts $4.15. that means by year s end american households with two cars could be shelling out as much as $300 more for gas than they did last year. and $4.15 a gallon for some american cities will seem like a bargain. big cities will be hit especially hard. in some cases because of higher taxes, in others because of their distance from refineries. chicago could reach $4.95 a gallon. san francisco $4.85. seattle $4.65.
the reason gas was $1.79 in december as you pointed out is because we were in the middle of the bush recession. earlier in the year gas had been $4.05 a gallon. people don t have a job. they can t afford to buy gas. we were peeling off almost 800,000 jobs a month at that particular time. bill, great to have you with us. thank you for joining us. remember to answer the question, tonight s question at the bottomst screen. we want you to respond to that. governor rick perry, he s at it again. this time he s try iing to take over the civil rights movement to today s republican battle for lower tacks. we ve got a retired texas public educator with us tonight to talk about the real rick perry and what he s done in texas. later, libyan rebels took control of gadhafi s compound today. but with the libyan leader missing, can republicans find a coherent message on this conflict? stay tuned. you re watching the ed show we ll be right back. t.
because we were in the middle of the bush recession. earlier in the year gas had been $4.05 a gallon. people don t have a job. they can t afford to buy gas. we were peeling off almost 800,000 jobs a month at that particular time. bill, great to have you with us. thank you for joining us. remember to answer the question, tonight s question at the bottomst screen. we want you to respond to that. governor rick perry, he s at it again. this time he s trying doekt the civil rights movement to today s republican battle for lower taxes. we ve got a retired texas public educator with us tonight to talk about the real rick perry and what he s done in texas. later, libyan rebels took control of gadhafi s compound today. but with the libyan leader missing, can republicans find a coherent message on this conflict? stay tuned. [ groans ] you okay? i m not looking forward to my flight. try this. bayer aspirin? i m not having a heart attack. it s my back. no, this is new bayer advanced aspirin.
sluggish. a lot of people saying we better stay home, we better save our money. but this year, i think the people are starting to break it out. and as you mentioned, 35 million, 90% of that is going to be on the highways. what better place to visit than on a day like today, alex, in chicago s fabulous north avenue beach. the rivera of the midwest. not very crowded right now, but i tell you, probably by about 11:00 this morning, this place is going to be packed because the weather forecast out here is ideal. and there s no better you don t even have to leave your own city. you can come down here and chill out on the beach with me. you are such a lover of chicago. it s great. i love the way you sell it. can you tell me about the gas prices, though? i know we have according to aaa, about 90% of the people traveling are going to go by car. how does it look when you look at the pumps? i think that s why a lot more people are traveling. just two years ago, the price of a gallon of gas