gingrich, could promise that he could deliver if the american people were smart enough to elect him president. >> i have developed a program for american energy so no future president will ever bow to a saudi king again so every american can look forward to $2.50 a gallon gasoline. >> $2.50 a gallon gasoline. so low no future president will have to bow to a leader shorter than him. this became the basic idea of the newt gingrich for president campaign. he lugged around some kind of gas tank prop with him everywhere during his 2012 campaign from that point forward. he carried around a gas can. he kept banging that drum. the newt gingrich presidency would move the price down to $2.50 a gallon for the people. well this week national gas prices have officially dropped from $2.51 a gallon to $2.45 a gallon.