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With oil prices edging to unseasonably high levels and Americans fretting about the price at the pump, Newt Gingrich is hoping some gas price populism could provide the spark his fading campaign needs to regain momentum in the Republican presidential race.

The Gingrich campaign launched a Facebook petition Thursday urging supporters to demand President Obama "act immediately to lower gasoline, diesel, and other energy prices" by authorizing the Keystone XL pipeline and offshore drilling.

“The Obama administration’s ideological refusal to expand American energy production continues to block the development of resources which could lower gasoline prices dramatically,” Gingrich said in a statement.  “As we saw most recently with the administration’s rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline, the president is more interested in playing favorites with environmental extremists rather than embracing the ‘all-of-the-above’ strategy that could achi! eve energy independence and help all Americans now.”

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