Newt pledges $2.50 a gallon... I say why not $6.00?

One of my fantasies is that someday we'll have a politician with the gumption to say, "You know folks, I don't feel any better than you do about Exxon and the Saudis getting richer at our expense, but when we get serious about climate change, we all should be prepared to pay even more at the pump..."

That doesn't seem to be the president's message... but at least he seems to have some realistic notion of how the petroleum market works...