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There is no “magic bullet” to lower gas prices, President Obama told Americans over the weekend in his weekly radio and Internet address. Yet a recent poll concluded that higher gas prices are a main reason 70 percent of Americans believe the country is on the wrong track. We discuss rising gas prices.

Guests:

Lisa Margonelli, director of the Energy Policy Initiative at the New America Foundation and author of "Oil on the Brain: Petroleum's Long, Strange Trip to Your Tank"

Rayola Dougher, senior economic adviser at the American Petroleum Institute

Matt Skryja, spokesman for AAA of Northern California

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