emissions would curb it to skyrocket. the washington post said gas production has actually risen each year of obama s presidency. krista, what do you make of this? is it fair to call it a conspiracy that has been woven of the president that is now debunked? i wouldn t call it a con spir iscy, but i would call it politics as usual. everyone knows the president cannot in the short term affect the price of gas at the pump. as it happens, the high prices in the spring were about politics, but not u.s. politics, they were mostly driven by iranian politics and markets were factoring in what looked like very high risk of a war with iran because of its nuclear program, and that s really what set the prices high. appear lists at that point were predicting the price would go as high as $4, maybe $5 this summer. republicans saw an opportunity. this is, i think, going to be an