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Obama goes on offensive as gasoline prices soar

US President Barack Obama tried to head off Republican criticism over rising gasoline prices Thursday, ridiculing their responses as bumper-sticker policies designed to win an election, not to solve the problem. Visiting the hard-hit election battleground of Florida, a feisty Obama responded to a barrage of Republican criticism that has accompanied a 13 percent increase in gasoline prices over the last year.

"There are no quick fixes to this problem," a jacketless Obama told supporters at the University of Miami. "There is no silver bullet." Accusing Republicans of trying to profit from higher prices at the pump, Obama lamented: "Some politicians always see this as a political opportunity.

Only in politics do people greet bad news so enthusiastically." "Since it's an election year, they're already dusting off their three-point plans for two dollar gas. I'll save you the suspense: Step one is drill, step two is drill, and step three is keep drilling," he said. AFP

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