Obama tries to reclaim advantage on gas prices, health care
Source: Wash. post
The White House has launched a concerted effort to turn political weakness into strength on two critical election-year issues that have become big vulnerabilities for President Obama: rising gas prices and the controversial health-care law.
At the heart of Obama’s strategy are attempts to dispel Republican claims that his policies have helped drive up the price of gas, and to improve public opinion of the health-care law, which has been a source of GOP derision for two years.
After months on the defensive, the president is trying to remake both topics into the selling points they were in 2008.
On Wednesday, he launched a two-day energy tour that will take him to Nevada, New Mexico, and Oklahoma to champion investments in new energy sources and deflect Republican accusations that he is responsible for the jump in gas prices.
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