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>> it's not perfect. it takes a while for high prices to cause a president to bleed popularity points. it doesn't happen right away. it depends how high the gas prices go and how long they stay there. >> the day president obama was inaugurated the price was $1.84. today it's 3.52. spike over 90%. highest price was in 2008 when the bush administration reaching $3.81. one administration critic said the present spike is unique. >> president obama in the last three years did everything in his power to cripple increase in production. the world markets are taking a look at that and keeping the price...

On average $3.55 per gallon at the pump heading into the holiday weekend. the high fuel costs are a drag on their wallet and on the struggling economy. when president obama took office in 2009, the price was $1.84 per gallon. and had more than doubled by this may before dropping as the global economy slowed and demand reduced. the high price of crude and concerns over comply led the president to announce he was putting more than 30 million-barrels from te strategic petroleum reserve on the market. oil prices are creeping back up. >> the tapping of the spr, short-term solution to energy problem...

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There. >> reporter: marie is heading for a long drive for the easter weekend and it costs her almost $100 to fill up the honda civic. oil companies are a predictable target at times like these and so is the president. when mr. obama took office in january of 2009, oil costs just over $38 a barrel. today it's more than $112 a barrel, increase of 189%. gasoline cost $1.84-gallon then. today is almost $3.85 a gallon. increase of 108%. the steep climb may be one of the reasons that the president announced a new task force to proactively seek out fraud and manipulation of the oil trading markets. >...

You can catcher i can on the fox business network, follow the money, it heirs monday, tuesday, wednesday and friday, 0 clock eastern. gas prices spike over a dollar over the past year. in 2 ao 09 when president obama was sworn in gas cost $1.84 a gallon. it is a 108% increase. in response to the current crisis the president announced last week he is forming a task force to root out cases of fraud and manipulation. it looks like the president is hraouszing votelosing voter con. 70% of the people in the country think our country is headed in the wrong direction. we'll talk to lou dobbs about why...