CHANGE: Gas Prices Have Doubled Under Obama: “According to the GasBuddy gasoline price tracking web site, the price of a gallon of regular gas was around $1.79 when Mr. Obama took office. Today the national average is $3.58. . . . Four-dollar-a-gallon gas has arrived on average throughout California, and a number of other states are headed in that direction.” I think he’d like to see gas at about five dollars a gallon, to encourage alternative modes of transportation.