sidebar. these are the two turkeys president obama will pardon in just a couple hours. the two birds have been hanging out at the w hotel near the white house complete with wood shavings on the floor. we re hearing cobbler and gobbler are fans of carly simon and fiddle music but they do not like country. if you re listening over at the w hotel, do not play the country music. the president is letting facebook users decide which turkey to spare. the other one will be the runner-up that still gets the same perks so cobbler or gobbler. make your choice. this is ironic. after tallying up nearly all the election votes, mitt romney is likely to get 47% of the vote. the cook political report says that new votes from maryland put him at 47.56%, wand new numbers expected from new york and california, romney will likely end up below 47.5%, but still that magic number there, 47%. there s ban few romney sightings lately. he went to d disney land with the family yesterday. he rode some rides, y
this point. the thing to keep focused on is that these gas prices are a dagger pointed at the heart of barack obama s political future, unless they begin to come down. if they head up over $4 a gallon, he s got some real political trouble. i m old enough to remember what happened to jimmy carter when in the summer of 1979 and then into 1980 you had those gas lines and it really sealed his fate. tim carney, let me bring you in. you know, i understand everything that jonathan is saying, but if youรง look at wh gas prices are abroad, people should remember the gas prices we pay are incredibly low compared to other nations. france, it s like $7.51 a gallon, italy, $7.56, the united kingdom close to $8 and norway it s $9. now, that s through higher gas taxes. tim, how do you see the politics and policy of this shaping up?