In the run up to the 2008 elections, the media exoriated President Bush for high gas prices whenever it hit $3 a gallon.
But when President Obama finally forms a task force to "examine gas prices", weeks after prices have risen well above the 2008 levels (nearly $4 a gallon!), and in the midst of an economic crisis, the media is saying "Yeah, dude, go for it! We got your back."