He gets the blame, not the credit

No one will give him credit. Obviously not Republicans, but the green Democrats want high prices so that we don't use as much gas and switch to electric, or mass transit, or bikes, or horse and buggy, or....

The average price of gas through 45 months in office for both presidents
Obama: $3.04; Bush's second term: $2.98.

The global price of oil pays no attention to whether the White House occupant is Democrat or Republican.