Hope and Change: Gas Prices Have Gone Up 67 Percent Since Obama Became President

That’s compared to a 7 percent increase under Bush in his first 26 months.

Ah, January of 2009. Hope was in the air, but more importantly, gas was under two dollars a gallon. Since then gas prices, have gone up 67 percent and it’s an ominously upward trend. Interestingly enough, the Heritage Foundation also took a look at the first 26 months of Bush’s presidency