Messaging Rising Oil Prices

The Fix has the play-by-play for how President Obama and Republicans with national aspirations are spinning the rising price of gas.

“All of the Republican criticism comes as the Obama Administration
takes note of the one-year anniversary of the release of the president’s
energy plan by issuing a progress report… Obama insists Republicans
are engaging in meaningless sloganeering even as they are unwilling to
revoke more than $4 billion in tax breaks for oil
companies… Republicans believe that Obama is putting ideology ahead of
the good of the American people, citing the rejection of the Keystone
XL pipeline as the most egregious example… The political onus for
action likely lies with the president. A CBS News poll conducted at the
end of last month showed that 54 percent of those tested said the
president could do ‘a lot’ about the price of gasoline, while just 34
percent said he could not.”