Who should be actually Blamed?

This could come as bad news especially for President Obama, who could face a massive criticism with average gas prices going up to $4 nationally and already above that in California and American consumers noticing it terrible to watch their hard-earned dollars go down the gas tank like that.

High gasoline prices are one of the major concerns of the voters and so the issue can bring in trouble for the Obama government as a Reuters/Ipsos survey conducted in March have revealed that when the prices were about where they are now, 68 percent of Americans disapproved of Obama's handling of gas prices.

Though few republicans are arguing President Obama’s leadership behind the more-than-double increase in the gasoline prices, other Democratic leaders like Montana Gov. Mr. Brian Schweitzer, said that blaming the president for gas prices is wrong.

On the other hand, oil prices are also rising. Estimates show that they have risen from about $36 a barrel in December 2008 to more than $90 now. Experts explain that oil prices can be understood with some basics like the combined behavior of oil traders on markets etc. It is when the oil traders buy oil futures in a hope that market will rise, that the oil prices rise along with the price of derivatives including gasoline and heating oil.