When the Oresident was elected in November 2008, gasoline was about $1.86/gallon. The media can stick this Obama asslicking up their own asses.
The price of gasoline the first week of November 2008 was $2.462.
http://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&s=EMM_EPM0_PTE_NUS_DPG&f=W
You are likely thinking about his inauguration Jan 20, 2009.
CNSNews.com) – The average price of a gallon of gas has increased 96 percent since President Barack Obama first took office in 2009, according to figures from the Energy Information Agency (EIA).
According to EIA data, the average price of a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline in the United States was $1.838 on Jan. 19, 2009—the day before Obama took office. As of Monday, Feb. 11, 2013, the per-gallon price had risen to an average of $3.611—an increase of 96 percent.
The $3.677 is not the highest gas prices have been under President Obama. That record was reached the week of May 9, 2011 when they averaged $3.965 per gallon.
On a completely unrelated note, President Obama gave Solyndra, a solar panel producer, $535 million of taxpayer money in 2009. In 2011, Solyndra ceased all business activities, laid off all their employees, and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.