Eye Opening Chart: Gas Prices Under Obama

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Obama says we all just have to get used to it huh?

Guess not.

With gas up 25 percent this year to an average $3.84 a gallon, seven in 10 Americans in this ABC News/Washington Post poll report financial hardship as a result, six in 10 say they've cut back on driving – and, among those hardest hit, Obama's ratings are suffering.

This poll, produced for ABC News by Langer Research Associates, finds the president's job approval rating 13 points lower among people who say the price of gas is causing them hardship. Forty-three percent of them approve of the president, vs. 56 percent of those who report no hardship. And among the four in 10 feeling "serious" hardship, just 39 percent approve of Obama's work in office.

In re-election terms, 53 percent of those who are feeling serious hardship as a result of gas prices say they definitely will not vote for Obama in 2012 -- 14 points more than say so among those who are feeling either less-than-serious hardship, or none at all.

That is right, 2012 can see Obama replaced easily enough.

And don't think the GOP isn't going to hit Obama hard over this, they already are.

Visit Hot Air to see some of the ....welll, errrr... HOT AIR Obama is spewing over this issue. Then read AllahPundit's take.

[Update 4/26/11] Gas prices for Michigan climbed 6.4 cents to $4.040 per gallon, reports AAA Michigan.

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Instapundit Busts AP Changing News Article To Protect Obama

(Quote in question found at the 3:55 mark in the video above)

“Obama needled one questioner who asked about gas prices, now averaging close to $3.70 a gallon nationwide, and suggested that the gentleman consider getting rid of his gas-guzzling vehicle.”-- AP quote, then removed to protect Obama.

The Associated Press is up to their antics again, writing an article then rewriting the article and removing a quote by Barack Obama that makes him seem callous in the face of a concerned citizen over gas prices.

Luckily, Instapundit's Glenn Reynolds saved a screen shot of the original article before it fell through the memory hole.

Obama's exact wording from the original article was "If you're complaining about the price of gas and you're only getting 8 miles a gallon, you know, you might want to think about a trade-in".

Not only did the AP rewrite the article, but they changed the headline from "Obama says little short-term help for gas prices" to "Obama seeks re-election help from Sharpton's group."

They didn't cover their tracks well though because the actual URL reflects the original tittle. (http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Obama-says-little-shortterm-apf-1680912387.html?x=0&.v=4 )

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