ED DRISCOLL: Two Gray Ladies In One. “In 2008, the New York Times, the Washington Post, NBC, and tacitly, the San Francisco Chronicle all supported the notion of the then-incoming President Obama raising energy prices on consumers. Have gas prices risen sufficiently ‘gradually’ to benefit Mr. Obama’s reelection chances? The Times doesn’t seem to think so, despite having called for them to rise three and a half years ago.”