The Ultimate Question to Answer Over the Gulf of Mexico Oil Rig Explosion

Have you heard gas prices will probably go up because of the explosion in the Gulf of Mexico? I have heard it floated around a couple of times now. It's time to pay attention to see if they blame the increase in gas prices on the oil rig explosion off the coast of Louisiana.

Why am I pointing this out and asking the question, because during the 2008 presidential campaign, Obama and the Democrats made the case if we started drilling now it would take at least a decade before consumers saw any benefits from American oil production. So if that's true, then I would think one oil rig exploding in the Gulf of Mexico would do little to drive up costs as well. Right?