# Why do politicians insist they (or the President) can control gas prices?

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [October 17, 2012, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-politicians-insist-they-or-the-president-can-control-gas-prices/637985 "2012-10-17T11:25:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2012, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-politicians-insist-they-or-the-president-can-control-gas-prices/637985/21 "2012-10-20T12:36:02Z")

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What I don’t understand is how Bachmann and Gingrich can claim to be able to drop gas prices down so far and no one presses them for any kind of particulars on just how they would do that. That’s “lame stream” journalism right there.

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