Obama, GOP vie for upper hand on energy

MALJAMAR, N.M. — Woo­ing a nation of increas­ingly angry motorists, Pres­i­dent Barack Obama and his Repub­li­can rivals are all plung­ing into gas-pump pol­i­tics, seek­ing the upper hand as energy becomes a dri­ving issue in the elec­tion campaign.