The truth hurts:

I wonder how long the Democrats are going to be able to play populist on gas prices - promising to try and lower prices - while simultaneously promoting punishing new taxes for the oil industry that will only make the price of gasoline go higher.

You can’t have it both ways.  If we want lower gas prices the government needs to get out of the way of the oil industry.  More taxes and more regulations aren’t going to do anything but exacerbate an already bad situation.