With the recent oil price rises and the decision by OPEC to cut production - a light is being shone on the Bush White House's 2000 campaign promise:
CAMPAIGN PLEDGE?
In the 2000 presidential campaign, Bush said it was the president's job to "jawbone" OPEC producers by getting "on the phone with the OPEC cartel and say we expect you to open your spigots."
Democrats jumped on Bush for not following through.
"If the Bush administration went after OPEC as hard as it went after Richard Clarke, our gas prices might not be so high," said Democratic Sen. Charles Schumer of New York, referring to the White House attack on its former counterterrorism official who criticized Bush's actions before Sept. 11, 2001.