On ABC's "This Week with George Stephanopoulos," Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., was asked repeated to name an economist who supports her plan to suspend the 18.4 cent federal gas tax. Either she could not or chose not to. "I'm not going to put my lot in with economists," she said, presenting her tax hike plan as a way to life the burden of soaring gas prices off middle class Americans.

Rival Barack Obama has called the plan, which is also backed by Republican presidential nominee-in-waiting, Sen. John McCain , "a pander" that won't solve the high cost of gas. Asked about the gas plan in his interview with Tim Russert on NBC's "Meet the Press", Sen. Obama, D-Ill., framed the proposal as a "classic Washington gimmick." "You're looking at suspending a gas tax for three months. The average driver would save 30 cents per day for a grand total of $28," claimed Obama.

Although Clinton did not offer her own estimate as to how much relief the holiday would provide, she did try to distinguish her plan from McCain's. "Senator McCain has said take off the gas tax, don't pay for it, throw us further into deficit and debt. That is not what I've proposed. What I've proposed is that the oil companies pay the gas tax instead of consumers and drivers this summer."

Obama's most aggressive shot at Clinton came when asked for comment about her recent remarks that she would "obliterate" Iran if they launched a nuclear attack on Israel. "It's not the language that we need right now, and I think it's language that's reflective of George Bush," said Obama.

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