very high, 9.6% compared with the national average of 8.3%. gas prices about $3.80 in north carolina, and when you look at the history of presidential visits, mr. obama was last there on april 24th. mitt romney s been there three times, last time was august 15th. both states i m sorry, both campaigns fighting very hard over north carolina. the president won it last time by about 14,000 votes over john mccain. governor romney thinks he can take it this time. let s talk about it with jim more el, a political reporter for the charlotte observer. i read a piece that you wrote for your paper, jim, in which you discussed the latest poll results, and they seemed to indicate that in north carolina at least mitt romney got something of a bump from the republican convention. yeah, thanks, jon. there was a university poll that came out today previewed yesterday that showed romney up
heat, and no air conditioning? got to be tough. heat above 100 degrees in parts of louisiana. no a.c. that s why folks are going to shelters, relatives, elsewhere. it s too much. in new orleans they had the decadence festival that went off without a hitch. they also had a game at the superdome, tulane/rutgers. getting heated up for the football season. saints are ready. when they come marching in. black and gold. tis the season. no bounty this year. are you a bears girl? going to root for bears and bengals this year. saints and eagles. that s me. well, oil production is slowly resuming after hurricane isaac shut down rigs in the gulf. at the height of the storm nearly 500 oil rigs were evacuated. 18 are still out of operation this morning. analysts say that as workers return it could be several days before production is back to normal. that gulf drilling disruption is one reason that the average price of a gallon of gas is now $3.80. that is 13 cents higher than
with friends and family. no idea when they will be able to return to their homes. losses between 1 and a half and $2 billion. president obama is expected to be in louisiana tomorrow to survey the damage. the cost of gas reaching a record high for labor day weekend. the web site gasbuddy.com has the average price at $3.80 a gallon. that s $0.13 more than a year ago. oil rigs in the gulf coast. they are in advance of hurricane isaac. i am marianne rafferty. now back to huckabee. log on to foxnews.com. huckabee. if you would like to comment e-mail us mikehuckabee.com. the focus of the democratic national convention will be on president obama of course. and will it launch future stars and will anybody steal
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utility bills are high yer gasoline prices have doubled. well, it is labor day weekend and for many of us it is time for barbecue with friends and the beach and you heard from the governor surging gas prices are causing big concerns and cause . may put a damper on people s holiday plans. joining us to talk about this is steve moore. great to see you again. talk about the timing of this is not a great time when people are looking forward to the holiday weekend and taking trips to see friend and family. what do you make of this and how long is it going to last? it is the highest gas pricos a labor day weekend ever. so we are paying 3.80 and 3.90 and a lot of places are paying four dollars a gallon. that s the bad news. part of this is the result of