laughs about the gas prices when they're near record highs, i don't think they'll stay around that much longer. edward: you say that, but that hasn't happened. as of right now you could go down the administration and there hasn't been much accountability when things go bad. the poll numbers are certainly bad. this is a different time and inflation at 39 year highs and that wasn't the case when the former president was in office, from president obama when oil was $100 a barrel and the different time you think makes a difference for voters? >> it does. i think if you look back over the last couple of years, edward, you know, economists were saying, hey, the economy is growing, but inflation is low, and they couldn't figure it out. well, the reason why was the u.s. energy and gas producers, and the shale revolution changed everything. they were able to feed the economy cheap energy as the economy continued to grow and that's why we have this impressive economic boom with no inflation, now that we're pulling back from u.s. oil and gas production, you're seeing it right in the inflation